Rosenhayn Synagogue
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Rosenhayn Synagogue is an 1898 synagogue
located in Rosenhayn, New Jersey
. It is one of fewer than 100 surviving nineteenth century synagogue
buildings in the United States.
The wooden, gabled, clapboard building was erected by a local Jewish agricultural colony.
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
located in Rosenhayn, New Jersey
Rosenhayn, New Jersey
Rosenhayn is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland-Milleville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes...
. It is one of fewer than 100 surviving nineteenth century synagogue
Oldest synagogues in the United States
The designation of the oldest synagogue in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest congregation...
buildings in the United States.
The wooden, gabled, clapboard building was erected by a local Jewish agricultural colony.