[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E976]
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                       DEDICATION OF TEMPLE ISRAEL

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                           HON. TONY P. HALL

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 9, 1995
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call attention to the 
dedication of a new synagogue building for Temple Israel of Dayton, OH, 
within my district. The building is an important milestone for the 
Dayton Jewish community.
  Temple Israel traces its roots to 1850, when 12 Jews in Dayton formed 
a Hebrew Society. The congregation, which was incorporated as Kehillah 
Kodesh B'nai Yeshurun, bought a building in 1863. In 1893, the 
congregation had grown enough to construct a new synagogue at the 
corner of First and Jefferson Streets in downtown.
  Downtown was severely damaged by the great Dayton flood of 1913. By 
1925, the congregation began construction of a new building at the 
corner of Salem and Emerson Avenues, in the neighborhood of Dayton 
View. This building was expanded in 1953 with the addition of a new 
sanctuary.
  In November 1994, the congregation moved into its new home at One 
Riverbend, on the west bank of the Great Miami River, just north of 
downtown. On Friday, May 5, the building was formerly dedicated at a 
service. The following Sunday, Temple Israel opened its building and 
grounds to the Dayton community at an open house.
  I offer my congratulations to Temple Israel's Rabbi P. Irving Bloom, 
whose vision and leadership have led to this moment. I further extend 
my best wishes to the entire congregation to find fulfillment in using 
the building for generations to come.


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