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First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota
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Sons of Israel - side one

Congregation Sons of Israel

First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota

1916

Since the territorial days of 1870’s, Jewish people have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural life of South Dakota.  In the 1880’s, Sioux Falls experienced an influx of Reformed Jews from Germany, who became some of the city’s leading merchants and entrepreneurs.

In 1903, the Mt. Zion Cemetery Society was formed by the Reformed Jews.  On October 5 1910, it was announced in a Sioux Falls newspaper that another group, the Orthodox Jews had engaged in meetings that resulted in the first steps taken toward the acquisition of a synagogue.

Finally, in October of 1916, a merger of the two groups was achieved and the Congregation Sons of Israel was created and chartered.  A church building, formerly the United Evangelical Church, located at 320 North Minnesota Ave. was purchased. It became the first Synagogue in the State of South Dakota.

But the merger lasted only a couple of years as differences in ritual and practice caused a separation.  The Orthodox Jews retained the name Sons of Israel and continued to worship in the temple at 320 North Minnesota Avenue, while the Reformed Jews had to plan for their future. On September 29,1919, they met at the home of Julius Kuh to discuss a strategy to create a congregation using the Reformed ritual and secure a permanent Rabbi.

They chose the name Mt. Zion Congregation and in 1924, they purchased the Grace Chapel Lutheran church at 14th and Duluth Avenue in Sioux Falls.  For two years, both religions shared the same house of God.  They separated in 1926, after the Lutherans built a new church.  Thereafter, the Mt. Zion people rededicated the old Lutheran church a Jewish house of worship.

The Sons of Israel sold their synagogue on North Minnesota Avenue, and for several yeas thereafter they had no house of worship.  Then in 1934, the sons of Israel relocated in a new temple at 610 South Dakota Avenue in Sioux Falls.

Congregation Sons of Israel was created in accordance with the sacred American principles of freedom of religion and assembly.

Since the territorial days of 1870’s, Jewish people have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural life of South Dakota.  In the 1880’s, Sioux Falls experienced an influx of Reformed Jews from Germany, who became some of the city’s leading merchants and entrepreneurs.

In 1903, the Mt. Zion Cemetery Society was formed by the Reformed Jews.  On October 5 1910, it was announced in a Sioux Falls newspaper that another group, the Orthodox Jews had engaged in meetings that resulted in the first steps taken toward the acquisition of a synagogue.

Finally, in October of 1916, a merger of the two groups was achieved and the Congregation Sons of Israel was created and chartered.  A church building, formerly the United Evangelical Church, located at 320 North Minnesota Ave. was purchased. It became the first Synagogue in the State of South Dakota.

But the merger lasted only a couple of years as differences in ritual and practice caused a separation.  The Orthodox Jews retained the name Sons of Israel and continued to worship in the temple at 320 North Minnesota Avenue, while the Reformed Jews had to plan for their future. On September 29,1919, they met at the home of Julius Kuh to discuss a strategy to create a congregation using the Reformed ritual and secure a permanent Rabbi.

They chose the name Mt. Zion Congregation and in 1924, they purchased the Grace Chapel Lutheran church at 14th and Duluth Avenue in Sioux Falls.  For two years, both religions shared the same house of God.  They separated in 1926, after the Lutherans built a new church.  Thereafter, the Mt. Zion people rededicated the old Lutheran church a Jewish house of worship.

The Sons of Israel sold their synagogue on North Minnesota Avenue, and for several yeas thereafter they had no house of worship.  Then in 1934, the sons of Israel relocated in a new temple at 610 South Dakota Avenue in Sioux Falls.

Congregation Sons of Israel was created in accordance with the sacred American principles of freedom of religion and assembly.

Since the territorial days of 1870’s, Jewish people have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural life of South Dakota.  In the 1880’s, Sioux Falls experienced an influx of Reformed Jews from Germany, who became some of the city’s leading merchants and entrepreneurs.

In 1903, the Mt. Zion Cemetery Society was formed by the Reformed Jews.  On October 5 1910, it was announced in a Sioux Falls newspaper that another group, the Orthodox Jews had engaged in meetings that resulted in the first steps taken toward the acquisition of a synagogue.

Finally, in October of 1916, a merger of the two groups was achieved and the Congregation Sons of Israel was created and chartered.  A church building, formerly the United Evangelical Church, located at 320 North Minnesota Ave. was purchased. It became the first Synagogue in the State of South Dakota.

But the merger lasted only a couple of years as differences in ritual and practice caused a separation.  The Orthodox Jews retained the name Sons of Israel and continued to worship in the temple at 320 North Minnesota Avenue, while the Reformed Jews had to plan for their future. On September 29,1919, they met at the home of Julius Kuh to discuss a strategy to create a congregation using the Reformed ritual and secure a permanent Rabbi.

They chose the name Mt. Zion Congregation and in 1924, they purchased the Grace Chapel Lutheran church at 14th and Duluth Avenue in Sioux Falls.  For two years, both religions shared the same house of God.  They separated in 1926, after the Lutherans built a new church.  Thereafter, the Mt. Zion people rededicated the old Lutheran church a Jewish house of worship.

The Sons of Israel sold their synagogue on North Minnesota Avenue, and for several yeas thereafter they had no house of worship.  Then in 1934, the sons of Israel relocated in a new temple at 610 South Dakota Avenue in Sioux Falls.

Congregation Sons of Israel was created in accordance with the sacred American principles of freedom of religion and assembly.





 

Sons of Israel - side two
 

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