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'''Congregation Kol Emes''' ({{lang-he|קהילת קול אמת ד'ריטשמאנד)}} ("Kol Emes" means "voice [of] truth" in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]) also known as '''Young Israel of Richmond''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jew]]ish [[synagogue]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]], constituted and founded in its present state in |
'''Congregation Kol Emes''' ({{lang-he|קהילת קול אמת ד'ריטשמאנד)}} ("Kol Emes" means "voice [of] truth" in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]) also known as '''Young Israel of Richmond''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jew]]ish [[synagogue]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]], constituted and founded in its present state in 1964. |
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It is one of the oldest currently active Jewish congregations in [[Virginia]], the fourth oldest active congregation in Richmond, and housing the oldest active [[mikvah]] in Richmond. It is a member synagogue of the [[National Council of Young Israel]] and the [[Orthodox Union]].<ref>[http://www.ou.org/network/shuls/kolemes.html ''Congregation Kol Emes/Young Israel of Richmond is a Proud Member of the Orthodox Union'']</ref> |
It is one of the oldest currently active Jewish congregations in [[Virginia]], the fourth oldest active congregation in Richmond, and housing the oldest active [[mikvah]] in Richmond. It is a member synagogue of the [[National Council of Young Israel]] and the [[Orthodox Union]].<ref>[http://www.ou.org/network/shuls/kolemes.html ''Congregation Kol Emes/Young Israel of Richmond is a Proud Member of the Orthodox Union'']</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Congregation Kol Emes is a continuation of Orthodox synagogues in Richmond dating back to |
Congregation Kol Emes is a continuation of Orthodox synagogues in Richmond dating back to 1789.<ref name="History of Kol Emes">[http://web.archive.org/web/20091028054406/http://www.geocities.com/kolemes/history.html History of Kol Emes]</ref> It has been at the center of the continuation of Orthodox Jewish life in Richmond: |
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:In 1964...brothers Abraham and Emil Dere spearheaded the founding of the Jewish Academy of Richmond, which, shortly thereafter became Congregation Kol Emes, with the guidance of [[Rabbi|HaRav]] [[Nachman Bulman]], who at the time was a Rov in [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News, VA]]. At the time, once again, Kol Emes housed the only [[Mikvah]] in Richmond (until the [[Chabad]] Mikvah opened in the 1980s) and the only shul in Richmond with a [[Mechitza]]h (until Keneseth Beth Israel moved to its present location in the 1970s). In 1965, the Richmond Hebrew Day School, presently Rudlin Torah Academy, was founded in the Kol Emes building, with personal blessings from [[Gadol|Gedolei Yisrael]].<ref name="History of Kol Emes"/> |
:In 1964...brothers Abraham and Emil Dere spearheaded the founding of the Jewish Academy of Richmond, which, shortly thereafter became Congregation Kol Emes, with the guidance of [[Rabbi|HaRav]] [[Nachman Bulman]], who at the time was a Rov in [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News, VA]]. At the time, once again, Kol Emes housed the only [[Mikvah]] in Richmond (until the [[Chabad]] Mikvah opened in the 1980s) and the only shul in Richmond with a [[Mechitza]]h (until Keneseth Beth Israel moved to its present location in the 1970s). In 1965, the Richmond Hebrew Day School, presently Rudlin Torah Academy, was founded in the Kol Emes building, with personal blessings from [[Gadol|Gedolei Yisrael]].<ref name="History of Kol Emes"/> |
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Congregation Kol Emes (Hebrew: קהילת קול אמת ד'ריטשמאנד) ("Kol Emes" means "voice [of] truth" in Hebrew) also known as Young Israel of Richmond is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Richmond, Virginia, constituted and founded in its present state in 1964.
It is one of the oldest currently active Jewish congregations in Virginia, the fourth oldest active congregation in Richmond, and housing the oldest active mikvah in Richmond. It is a member synagogue of the National Council of Young Israel and the Orthodox Union.[1]
It is presently a very small congregation, compared to the larger and more successful congregations in the city, such as Keneseth Beth Israel.
History
Congregation Kol Emes is a continuation of Orthodox synagogues in Richmond dating back to 1789.[2] It has been at the center of the continuation of Orthodox Jewish life in Richmond:
- In 1964...brothers Abraham and Emil Dere spearheaded the founding of the Jewish Academy of Richmond, which, shortly thereafter became Congregation Kol Emes, with the guidance of HaRav Nachman Bulman, who at the time was a Rov in Newport News, VA. At the time, once again, Kol Emes housed the only Mikvah in Richmond (until the Chabad Mikvah opened in the 1980s) and the only shul in Richmond with a Mechitzah (until Keneseth Beth Israel moved to its present location in the 1970s). In 1965, the Richmond Hebrew Day School, presently Rudlin Torah Academy, was founded in the Kol Emes building, with personal blessings from Gedolei Yisrael.[2]
The synagogue was at the center of all major religious developments in Jewish and Orthodox life in Richmond, such as in the spheres of Jewish education and efforts to increase Jewish religious ritual life, having had the attention of rabbis who served the synagogue or even from further afield who saw its centrality and importance.
See also
- American Jews
- History of the Jews in the United States
- Richmond Jewish Foundation
- Virginia Holocaust Museum