Kesher Israel
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Kesher Israel is an Orthodox synagogue located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Barry Freundel is its rabbi.
The synagogue attracted media attention when a member, Senator Joseph Lieberman, was nominated for vice president on the Democratic Party ticket.[1][2][3]
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[edit] History
The congregation was founded in 1910, in 1915 it acquired, renovated and began to meet in a building on the location of the present synagogue, which was constructed in 1935.[4]
[edit] Notable members
- Warren I. Cikins
- Hadassah Lieberman
- Joseph Lieberman
- Leon Wieseltier
- Herman Wouk
[edit] External links
[edit] Notes
- ^ Broadway, Bill. "Candidate's Synagogue in The Spotlight; Congregation Was Booming Before Lieberman Got the Nod--So Now What?", Washington Post, 2000-08-12, p. B09.
- ^ Witham, Larry. "Senator an old hand at dealing with restrictions of Jewish Sabbath", Washington Times, August 8, 2000.
- ^ Goodstein, Laurie. "DEMOCRATS: THE OBSERVANCES; Lieberman Balances Private Faith With Life in the Public Eye", New York Times, August 18, 2000.
- ^ Olitzky, Kerry M. The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook, p. 92, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996
