Temple Beth El (Detroit)

Temple Beth-El
Temple Beth-El
	The 1973 synagogue building, in 2008
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Mark Miller; Rabbi Megan Brudney (Associate);
Status	Active
Location
Location	7400 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan 48301
Country	United States
	Location in Michigan
Geographic coordinates	42°31′54″N 83°17′10″W / 42.5317654°N 83.2860994°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Albert Kahn (1902 and 1922); Minoru Yamasaki (1973);
Type	Synagogue
Style	Beaux-Arts (1902); Neoclassical (1922); Modernist (1973);
Date established	1850 (as a congregation)
Completed	1867 (Washington Boulevard); 1902 (3424 Woodward Avenue); 1922 (8801 Woodward Avenue); 1973 (Telegraph Road);
Website
	tbeonline.org
	Temple Beth-El (1902)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	1902 former synagogue
	Interactive map
Location	3424 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°20′45.92″N 83°3′24.86″W / 42.3460889°N 83.0569056°W
Built	1902
Architect	Albert Kahn; C. Howard Crane;
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Part of	Midtown Woodward Historic District (ID08001106)
MPS	Religious Structures of Woodward Ave. TR
NRHP reference No.	82002911
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1982
Designated CP	November 26, 2008
	Temple Beth-El (1922)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	1922 former synagogue
	Interactive map
Location	8801 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°22′49.82″N 83°4′51.55″W / 42.3805056°N 83.0809861°W
Built	1921-1922
Architect	Albert Kahn
Architectural style	Neoclassical
MPS	Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR
NRHP reference No.	82002912
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1982

Temple Beth El is a Reform synagogue located at in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States. Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. Temple Beth El was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism (originally the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) in 1873, and hosted the meeting in 1889 during which the Central Conference of American Rabbis was established.

In 1982, its two former buildings in Detroit, at 3424 and 8801 Woodward Avenue, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

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