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Congregation Beth Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Meridian, Mississippi, in the United States.[1]

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  1. 74 relations: Alsace, American Civil War, Beth Israel Congregation (Jackson, Mississippi), Carport, Civil rights movement, Dynamite, Eastern Europe, Fainting couch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florence, Alabama, Funerary art, Germans, Greek Revival architecture, High Holy Days, Ionic order, Islamic architecture, Jackson, Mississippi, Jews, Kathy Ainsworth, Ku Klux Klan, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Machinist's mate, Marion, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Merchant, Meridian, Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi Landmark, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mobile, Alabama, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, New Orleans, New York Jewish Week, Noah's Ark, Orthodox Judaism, P. J. Krouse, Paula Ackerman, Pensacola, Florida, Rabbi, Reform Judaism, Rome News-Tribune, Roy K. Moore, Rural cemetery, Semikhah, Shabbat, Spokane, Washington, Star of David, ... Expand index (24 more) »

  2. 1868 establishments in Mississippi
  3. 20th-century attacks on synagogues and Jewish communal organizations in the United States
  4. Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
  5. Jewish cemeteries in Mississippi
  6. Jewish organizations established in 1868
  7. Ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi
  8. Reform synagogues in Mississippi
  9. Synagogues completed in 1879
  10. Synagogues completed in 1906
  11. Synagogues completed in 1964
  12. Synagogues in Mississippi

Alsace

Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Beth Israel Congregation (Jackson, Mississippi)

Beth Israel Congregation (בית ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, in the United States. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and Beth Israel Congregation (Jackson, Mississippi) are 20th-century attacks on synagogues and Jewish communal organizations in the United States, 20th-century synagogues in the United States, ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi and Reform synagogues in Mississippi.

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Carport

A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from rain and snow.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilizers.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.

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Fainting couch

A fainting couch is a modern term describing a couch with a back traditionally raised at one end.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Florence, Alabama

Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census.

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Funerary art

Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Greek Revival architecture

Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, as well as in Greece itself following its independence in 1821.

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High Holy Days

In Judaism, the High Holy Days, also known as High Holidays or Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim; יָמִים נוֹרָאִים, Yāmīm Nōrāʾīm) consist of.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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Islamic architecture

Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Kathy Ainsworth

Kathryn Madlyn Ainsworth (born Kathryn Madlyn Capomacchia) was an American Ku Klux Klan terrorist.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Lauderdale County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Machinist's mate

Machinist's mate (or MM) is a rating in the United States Navy's engineering community.

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Marion, Mississippi

Marion is a town in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.

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Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian is the eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 census.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Mississippi Landmark

A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and Mississippi Landmark are Mississippi Landmarks.

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Mississippi State Penitentiary

Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP), also known as Parchman Farm, is a maximum-security prison farm located in the unincorporated community of Parchman in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States.

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Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner

The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner are ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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New Orleans

New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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New York Jewish Week

The Jewish Week is a weekly independent community newspaper targeted towards the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area.

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Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark (תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ)The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English aerca, meaning a chest or box.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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P. J. Krouse

Penn Jeffries Krouse (September 23, 1877–April 1944), usually known as P. J. Krouse was a prolific architect in the state of Mississippi.

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Paula Ackerman

Paula Ackerman (פאולה אקרמן; December 7, 1893 – January 12, 1989) is thought to be the first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leading the Beth Israel congregation in Meridian, Mississippi from 1951 to 1953 (making her the first woman to assume spiritual leadership of a U.S.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the Theophany at Mount Sinai.

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Rome News-Tribune

Rome News-Tribune is the local daily newspaper of Rome, Georgia, in the United States.

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Roy K. Moore

Roy K. Moore (June 11, 1914 – October 12, 2008) was an American FBI agent and former Marine who was best known as the chief agent who investigated the disappearance of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman.

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Rural cemetery

A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards.

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Semikhah

Semikhah (סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination.

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Shabbat

Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.

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Spokane, Washington

Spokane is the most populous city in and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.

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Star of David

The Star of David is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism.

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Submachine gun

A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.

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Sunday school

A Sunday school is an educational institution, usually Christian in character and intended for children or neophytes.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Temple

A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

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Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida)

Temple Beth-El (ק.ק.) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 800 North Palafox Street, in downtown Pensacola, Florida, in the United States. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida) are 20th-century synagogues in the United States.

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Temple menorah

The menorah (מְנוֹרָה mənōrā) is a seven-branched candelabrum that is described in the Hebrew Bible and in later ancient sources as having been used in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Temple of Athena Nike

The Temple of Athena Nike (Greek: Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης, Naós Athinás Níkis) is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike.

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Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים|ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm|The Ten Words), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek label), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses.

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, founded in 1947, is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry.

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The Meridian Star

The Meridian Star is a newspaper published in Meridian, Mississippi.

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The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication.

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The Tuscaloosa News

The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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TimesDaily

The TimesDaily is the daily newspaper for Florence, Alabama.

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Touro Synagogue (New Orleans)

Touro Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 4238 St. Charles Avenue, in Uptown New Orleans Louisiana. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and Touro Synagogue (New Orleans) are 20th-century synagogues in the United States.

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Union for Reform Judaism

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America.

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United States census

The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States.

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University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University, Mississippi, with a medical center in Jackson.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Wechsler School

Wechsler School is a historic school in Meridian, Mississippi erected in 1894. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and Wechsler School are Mississippi Landmarks.

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White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization which is active in the United States. Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi) and White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi.

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Youth ministry

Youth ministry, also commonly referred to as youth group, is an age-specific religious ministry of faith groups or other religious organizations, usually from ages 12 to 30, whose mission is to involve and engage with young people who attend their places of worship, or who live in their community.

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1980 United States census

The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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See also

1868 establishments in Mississippi

  • Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi)

20th-century attacks on synagogues and Jewish communal organizations in the United States

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi

Jewish cemeteries in Mississippi

Jewish organizations established in 1868

Ku Klux Klan crimes in Mississippi

Reform synagogues in Mississippi

Synagogues completed in 1879

Synagogues completed in 1906

Synagogues completed in 1964

Synagogues in Mississippi

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Israel_(Meridian,_Mississippi)

Also known as Beth Israel Cemetery (Meridian, Mississippi).

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