{{Short description|Jewish congregation in Chicago, Illinois, US}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Anshe Emet Synagogue | image = | image_upright = | image_caption = | map_type = United States Chicago | map_size = 250 | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Chicago, Illinois]] | location = 3751 North Broadway, [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]], [[Chicago, Illinois]] | country = United States | geo = {{coord|41.9513|-87.6482|region:US-IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | religious_affiliation = [[Conservative Judaism]] | rite = | region = | province = | territory = | prefecture = | sector = | district = | cercle = | municipality = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Michael Siegel|Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould|Rabbi Benjy Forester}} | website = {{URL|ansheemet.org}} | architect = [[Alfred S. Alschuler]] | architecture_type = [[Synagogue architecture]] | architecture_style = | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | established = 1873 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = {{ubl|1873 {{small|(Sedgwick Avenue)}}|1876 {{small|(Division Street #1)}}|1878 {{small|(Division Street #2)}}|1893 {{small|(Sedgwick Street)}}|1922 {{small|(Gary Place)}}|1929 {{small|(Lake View)}}}} | construction_cost = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }} '''Anshe Emet Synagogue''' is a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]], located at 3751 North Broadway, in the [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]] neighborhood of [[Chicago, Illinois]], in the United States. Established in 1873, it is one of the [[List of the oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest congregations]] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rueff |first=Ashley |title=North Side synagogue and school vandalized |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/03/29/north-side-synagogue-and-school-vandalized/ |access-date=6 May 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=March 29, 2012}}</ref>
== History == Anshe Emet Synagogue was established in 1873 in a building on Sedgwick Avenue in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission, History and Affiliations |work=Anshe Emet Synagogue |url=http://www.ansheemet.org/About_Us/Mission,_History_and_Affiliations |access-date=30 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317131649/http://www.ansheemet.org/About_Us/Mission%2C_History_and_Affiliations/ |archive-date=17 March 2012 }}{{self-published inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> In 1876, the congregation rented its first permanent meeting place on Division Street and hired Rabbi A.A. Lowenheim, a member of [[Central Conference of American Rabbis]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Central Conference of American Rabbis |title=Yearbook of the Central Conference of American Rabbis |year=1895 |publisher=May & Kreidler |page=77 |isbn= }}</ref> as religious leader.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last=Olitzky |first=Kerry |author-link=Kerry Olitzky |title=The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook |year=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |pages=119–120 |isbn= }}</ref> Two years later, the congregation moved to another rented location on Division Street.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1893, Anshe Emet constructed its own building on Sedgwick Street.<ref name="auto"/> In 1922, the congregation moved north to a new building on Gary Place (later called Patterson Place) near Broadway. Rabbi Phillip Langh, ordained at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]<ref>{{cite book |publisher=Jewish Theological Seminary of America |title=Register 1918-1919 |year=1919 |page=27 |isbn= }}</ref> served as Rabbi from 1920 to 1928.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1929, Anshe Emet moved to its present location of 3751 North Broadway in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Semitic graffiti outside synagogue |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/11578798-418/anti-semitic-graffiti-scrawled-outside-north-side-synagogue.html |access-date=6 May 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=April 30, 2012}}</ref> Rabbi [[Solomon Goldman]] served as Head Rabbi from 1929 until his death in 1953.<ref name=Nadell>{{cite book |last=Nadell |first=Pamela Susan |title=Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook |url=https://archive.org/details/conservativejuda00nade |url-access=limited |year=1988 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group }}</ref>{{rp|107}} Under Rabbi Goldman's leadership, Anshe Emet Synagogue established a day school, the first in the Conservative movement, and a speakers series, which featured speakers such as [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] and [[Clarence Darrow]].<ref name="auto"/> In 1951, Anshe Emet purchased the Sheridan Theatre at 4038 N. Sheridan.<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |last=Strazzabosco |first=Peter |title=Now featured at the Sheridan Theatre: squatters, politics, and two plans for rehabilitation |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/now-featured-at-the-sheridan-theatre-squatters-politics-and-two-plans-for-rehabilitation/Content?oid=877825 |access-date=6 May 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Reader |date=June 20, 1991}}</ref> The congregation used the building, which it renamed The Solomon Goldman Auditorium, for 15 years.<ref name="auto2"/>
From 1954 to 1959, Rabbi [[Ira Eisenstein]], a leader in the [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] movement, served as Rabbi of the congregation.<ref name=Nadell/>{{rp|76}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Pace |first=Eric|title=Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, 94, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/01/nyregion/rabbi-ira-eisenstein-94-dies-led-reconstructionist-jews.html |access-date=6 May 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 1, 2001}}</ref>
In 1961, Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen became Senior Rabbi. Cohen restored observance of the second day of festival holidays, expanded opportunities for women to participate in religious life, and lead the congregation to renovate and expand the synagogue building.<ref name=Nadell/>{{rp|62}}
Rabbi Michael Siegel has served as Senior Rabbi of Anshe Emet Synagogue since 1990.<ref name="auto"/>
== Notable members == *[[Sara Miller]], realtor and sculptor, and her husband Ira<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=sara-miller&pid=182352182 |title=Obituary: Sara Miller |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.ansheemet.org}}
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