Golf Manor Synagogue

{{Short description|Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Golf Manor, Ohio}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Golf Manor Synagogue | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status =  | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi Yosef Alt | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 6442 Stover Avenue, [[Golf Manor, Ohio|Golf Manor]], [[Cincinnati]], [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]], [[Ohio]] 45237 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = Ohio | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Ohio]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|39.189756|-84.450457|region:US-OH_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1967 | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|golfmanorsynagogue.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} The '''Golf Manor Synagogue''', also known as '''Congregation Agudas Israel''', is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jewish]] [[synagogue]] located at 6442 Stover Avenue, in [[Golf Manor, Ohio|Golf Manor]], a village near [[Cincinnati]], in [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]], [[Ohio]], in the United States.

==History==

The synagogue was founded by immigrants from [[History of the Jews in Romania|Romania]] and [[History of the Jews in Poland|Poland]].<ref name=jewsciny>{{cite book |title=Jews of Cincinnati |author1=Fine, John S. |author2=Krone, Frederic J. |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2007 |page=121 }}</ref> The synagogue was founded at an undetermined date as the B'nai Israel Congregation. In 1932, the congregations of Anshei Shalom and Bnai Jacob congregations merged to form Agudas Israel Congregation. In the same year, it moved to a former church in Avondale.<ref name=amsyn>{{cite book |title=The American synagogue: a historical dictionary and sourcebook |author1=Olitzky, Kerry M. |author2=Raphael, Marc Lee |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1996 |page=279 }}</ref> In 1952, Rabbi David Indich became the synagogue's spiritual leader.<ref name=jewsciny/> In 1957, it was noted that Golf Manor Synagogue had dedicated the first pre-fabricated synagogue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D_BOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1602,524075&dq=golf-manor+synagogue&hl=en |title=First Prefabricated Synagogue Dedicated in Cincinnati |work=Canadian Jewish Chronicle |date=September 13, 1957 |access-date= |page=4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1902&dat=19580124&id=LlMfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UNIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1279,3903406 |title=Ohio Orthodox Dedicate First Pre-Fabricated Synagogue |work=Canadian Jewish Review |date=January 24, 1958 |access-date= |page=6 }}</ref>

In 1967, a new sanctuary for the synagogue of 350 families was built in Golf Manor on Stover Avenue and dedicated a year later.<ref name=amsyn /> In 1989, Rabbi Balk became the Rabbi of the synagogue, while Rabbi Indich became Rabbi Emeritus. By 1994, the congregation had shrunk to a "listed 250 membership units".<ref name=amsyn /> Toward the end of 2012, Rabbi Balk became Rabbi Emeritus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanisraelite.com/archives/21224 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116223231/http://americanisraelite.com/archives/21224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |title=Rabbi Hanan Balk steps down from Golf Manor Synagogue |author=Sawan, Michael |date=November 7, 2012 |publisher=The American Israelite }}</ref> Rabbi Pinchas Landis became the new rabbi on January 1, 2013; with Rabbi Stuart Lavenda becoming the senior rabbi in October 2014. Lavenda maintained that role until his retirement March 2019, being succeeded by Rabbi Yosef Alt who took leadership of Golf Manor Synagogue as head rabbi in January 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.americanisraelite.com/news/local_news/article_b220f36e-44f5-11e9-b7c5-dfecd3008660.html|title=Rabbi Lavenda retires from Golf Manor Synagogue|first=Marc|last=Emral|work=The American Israelite|date=March 13, 2019}}{{dead-url|date=November 2023}}</ref>{{dead-url|date=November 2023}}

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==External links== * {{official website|http://golfmanorsynagogue.org/}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/11/29/loc_hanukkah29.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122052248/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/11/29/loc_hanukkah29.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2013 |title=Children tell Hanukkah story in radio program |author= |work= |date= |access-date= }}

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