{{Short description|Reform Jewish synagogue in Beachwood, Ohio, US}} {{about|a congregation and main synagogue in Beachwood, OH|the historic building that housed the synagogue, performing arts center and museum|Maltz Performing Arts Center|similarly named synagogues|Tifereth Israel (disambiguation){{!}}Tifereth Israel}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Temple-Tifereth_Israel_thumbnail_IMG_1575.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Reform Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival = <!-- or |festivals= --> | organisational_status = [[Synagogue]]<!-- or |organizational_status= --> | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Jonathan Cohen|Rabbi Roger C. Klein|Rabbi Yael Dadoun|Rabbi Richard A. Block {{small|(Emeritus)}}}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 26000 Shaker Boulevard, [[Beachwood, Ohio]] | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = United States Cleveland | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]'s eastern suburbs | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|41|28|37|N|81|29|44|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = [[Synagogue architecture]] | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1850 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = {{ubl|1855 {{small|(Huron and Miami)}}|1894 {{small|(Willson Avenue)}}|1924 {{small|([[Maltz Performing Arts Center|The University Temple]])}}|1969 {{small|(Beachwood)}}}} | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or |date_destroyed= --> | 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 = <!-- or |elevation_ft= --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{URL|ttti.org}} | module = <!-- for embedding other infobox templates --> | footnotes = }}
The '''Temple Tifereth-Israel''' ([[transliterated]] from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] as "Glory of Israel") was a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]], located at 26000 Shaker Boulevard, in [[Beachwood, Ohio|Beachwood]], a suburb of [[Cleveland, Ohio]], in the United States. The synagogue was a member of the [[Union for Reform Judaism]]. On 1 July 2024, Tifereth-Israel merged with [[Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple]] to create a new Reform congregation, [[Mishkan Or]], located at the site of Tifereth-Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PREISZIGapreiszig@cjn.org |first=ABIGAIL |date=2024-07-03 |title='No doubt we are better together' as Congregation Mishkan Or |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/no-doubt-we-are-better-together-as-congregation-mishkan-or/article_a2d624f2-389b-11ef-9495-ff1d9cf34f8e.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Cleveland Jewish News |language=en}}</ref>
== History == === Early years === The Tifereth Israel congregation was founded on May 26, 1850, as a number of families disputed over religious ritual and left the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple|Anshe Chesed]] congregation, the first Jewish congregation in Cleveland. The same year, Rabbi [[Isidor Kalisch]], who had been [[rabbi]] at Anshe Chesed, was appointed the first rabbi of Tifereth Israel.<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/temple-tifereth-israel |title=Temple Tifereth-Israel |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Cleveland History]] |publisher=[[Case Western Reserve University]] |date=2024 |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref>
A $3,000 bequest from the estate of [[Judah Touro]], a [[New Orleans]] philanthropist, enabled the congregation to establish its first synagogue building on Huron and Miami Streets, dedicated on December 14, 1855. In the 1860s and 1870s, the congregation instituted reforms and, in 1873, became a founding member of the [[Union of American Hebrew Congregations]]. Under the leadership of Rabbi [[Moses J. Gries]], in 1894 the congregation dedicated a new synagogue at Willson Avenue that became known as the Willson Avenue Temple, or simply, the Temple.
=== 1924 University Temple building === {{main|Maltz Performing Arts Center{{!}}The University Temple}} Rabbi [[Abba Hillel Silver]] assumed leadership in 1917 and served for the next 46 years, until his death in 1963. In 1924 Silver established the impressive [[Maltz Performing Arts Center|University Temple]], or more simply, The Temple, and later, the Silver Sanctuary, located in [[University Circle]], Cleveland.
This large building was used by the congregation until 1969. {{as of|2024|01}}, this building was used for [[High Holy Days]], special events, and life cycle celebrations.
Silver was succeeded by his son, Daniel Jeremy Silver, who had earlier served under his father's direction as an Assistant Rabbi. In 1990, the congregation rededicated The University Temple as the '''Silver Sanctuary''', in their honor.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/silver/temple.html |title=Tifereth Israel (The Temple) |work=Cleveland Jewish History |author=Berger, Arnold |date=n.d. |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}</ref>
=== Beachwood complex === As the congregation moved further east, a property at Beachwood was acquired and initially built as a school and community center, dedicating the new temple in 1969. The complex functioned as one of several Jewish centers of community with a religious school and services as well. It contained a library and a museum, as well as several chapels and sanctuaries.
The [[Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage]] is located next to The Temple in Beachwood and houses part of the Temple Museum's collection. During 1994 and 1995, the Beachwood temple renovated interiors that included the installation of additional showcases for museum exhibits in the East Building.<ref name=encyclopedia/>
== Rabbinical leadership == {{missing information|section|date=January 2024}} The following individuals served as senior rabbi of the Tifereth-Israel congregation: {| class="wikitable" !Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes |- |align="center"|{{nts|1}} || [[Isidor Kalisch]] ||align=center| 1850 ||align=center| 1867 ||align=right| {{age in years|1850|1867}} years ||rowspan=3| <ref name=encyclopedia/> |- |align="center"|{{nts|2}} || Jacob Mayer ||align=center| 1867 ||align=center| 1874 ||align=right| {{age in years|1867|1874}} years |- |align="center"|{{nts|3}} || Aaron Hahn ||align=center| 1874 ||align=center| 1892 ||align=right| {{age in years|1874|1892}} years |- |align="center"|{{nts|4}} || [[Moses J. Gries]] ||align=center| 1892 ||align=center| 1917 ||align=right| {{age in years|1892|1917}} years || <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-03-07 |title=GRIES, MOSES J. |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/g/gries-moses-j |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Cleveland History]] |publisher=[[Case Western Reserve University]] |language=en}}</ref> |- |align="center"|{{nts|5}} || [[Abba Hillel Silver]] ||align=center| 1917 ||align=center| 1963 ||align=right| '''{{age in years|1917|1963}} years''' || |- |align="center"|{{nts|6}} || Daniel Jeremy Silver ||align=center| 1963 ||align=center| 1989 ||align=right| {{age in years|1963|1989}} years || |- |align="center"|{{nts|7}} || [[Ben Kamin]] ||align=center| 1989 ||align=center| 2000 ||align=right| {{age in years|1989|2000}} years || Contract terminated<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/ccar-expels-former-cleveland-rabbi-benjamin-a-kamin/article_ffac608c-1777-11ea-8ba0-5b0882f9eb54.html |title=CCAR expels former Cleveland Rabbi Benjamin A. Kamin |first=Skylar |last=Dubelko |date=December 6, 2019 |work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]] |access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref> |- |align="center"|{{nts|8}} || Richard A. Block ||align=center| 2001 || align=center|{{dts|2018|07|01}} ||align=right| {{age in years|2001|2018}} years || Appointed Senior Rabbi Emeritus in 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ttti.org/people/rabbi-richard-a-block/ |title=Meet our clergy: Senior Rabbi Emeritus Richard A. Block |work=Temple Tifereth-Israel |date=2024 |access-date=January 26, 2024 }}{{self-published inline|date=January 2024}}</ref> |- |align="center"|{{nts|9}} || Jonathan Cohen ||align=center|{{dts|2018|07|01}} ||align=center| {{DTS|2024|June|30}}|| align="right" | {{Age in years|2018|2024}} years || |}
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.ttti.org/ }} *[http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/silver/ Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver] *[http://www.clevelandjewishhistory.net/silver/temple.html Temple history]
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