Beth El Synagogue

Beth El Synagogue was the first Jewish Congregation in Durham. It all began in 1884, when four of the first Jewish settlers here bought a piece of land to establish a small gathering place at the Maplewood cemetery. The congregation was soon formed in 1887 and followed quite an orthodox tradition. The current synagogue was built post the First World War and the congregation slowly moved towards...

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