Kesher Zion

{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Kesher Zion | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map_type = Pennsylvania | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = {{coord|40.333445|-75.913053|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-PA|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = [[Conservative Judaism]] | locale = | location = 555 Warwick Drive, [[Wyomissing, Pennsylvania|Wyomissing]], [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], [[Pennsylvania]] 19610 | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | municipality = | district = | territory = | prefecture = | state = | province = | region = | country = United States | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status =  | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{nowrap|[[Rabbi]] David B. Sislen}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | website = {{url|https://www.kesherzion.org/}} | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = {{nowrap|1929 {{small|(as a congregation)}}}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | 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 = | footnotes = }} '''Kesher Zion''' is a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]] located 555 Warwick Drive, [[Wyomissing, Pennsylvania|Wyomissing]] in [[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the United States.

Congregations B'nai Zion and Kesher Israel merged to form Kesher Zion in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 29, 2016 |title=Reading synagogue closing its doors |url=http://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/reading-synagogue-closing-its-doors |newspaper=Reading Eagle }}</ref>

In April 1978, vandals painted seven swastikas on the walls, doors, and columns of the synagogue.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 1978 |title=Reading Anti-Semites Paint Town |newspaper=The Jewish Exponent }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 1, 1978 |title=Swastikas Painted on Jewish Buildings |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{official|https://www.kesherzion.org/}}

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