B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery

Montefiore Cemetery
Montefiore Cemetery
Details
Established	1888
Location	1450 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203
Country	United States
Coordinates	47°56′01″N 97°03′59″W / 47.9337113°N 97.0664224°W
Footnotes

B'nai Israel Synagogue
B'nai Israel Synagogue
	The synagogue, in 2010
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Lay–led
Status	Active
Location
Location	601 Cottonwood Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Country	United States
	Location in North Dakota
Geographic coordinates	47°54′58.2″N 97°1′58.3″W / 47.916167°N 97.032861°W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Joseph Bell DeRemer
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Art Deco
General contractor	Skarsbro and Thorwaldson
Date established	1891 (as a congregation)
Completed	1937
Construction cost	$14,000
Website
	bnaiisraelnd.org
	B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	11000745
Added to NRHP	October 13, 2011

B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States, consists of a Reform Jewish congregation and its synagogue; and the congregation's related cemetery. Both the synagogue building and the cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

B'nai Israel Synagogue

The B'nai Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 601 Cottonwood Street, in Grand Forks.

The congregation was chartered on August 26, 1891; founded by Eastern European Jews, including Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Lithuanian Jews. The first building, a wooden synagogue called the Congregation of the Children of Israel, was built in 1891 at 2nd Avenue, South & 7th Street.

The second and current synagogue was built in 1937, designed by Grand Forks architect, Joseph Bell DeRemer, in the Art Deco style of architecture, and built by local builders Skarsbro and Thorwaldson at a cost of $14,000.

In the early 1990s, B'nai Israel joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Judaism).

The synagogue has been without a permanent rabbi since 1987.

Montefiore Cemetery

Montefiore Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 1450 North Columbia Road, in Grand Forks. The cemetery dates from 1888. The Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks is one of many institutions named in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore.

Heritage listing

On October 13, 2011, the B'nai Israel Synagogue and the Montefiore Cemetery were jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places, as one listing.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Lieberman, Victor. "The Early History". B'nai Israel Synagogue. Retrieved February 22, 2013.^{[self-published source?]}
^ "Sir Moses Montefiore". Chabad.org.
^ "NRHP weekly listing". National Register of Historic Places. National Parks Service. October 21, 2011.
^ "Congregation of the Children of Israel synagogue" (image). Digital Horizon Online.
^ "Grand Forks County, North Dakota". Jewish Cemetery Project.
^ Papermaster, Isadore. "History of the North Dakota Jewish Community" (PDF). Union for Reform Judaism.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

B'nai Israel Synagogue official website
Montefiore Cemetery at Find A Grave
Finneman, Teri (August 26, 2011). "North Dakota Sites Recommended for NRHP". Area voices. North Dakota. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011.
Porter Ph.D, Dr. Kimberly K. (Winter 2008). "Taking the University to the People: Experiential Education via Oral History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2021.
Smith, Gladys. "Jewish Life in a Small North Dakota Town, circa 1940s". Museum of Family History. Grand Forks.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Lieberman, Victor. "The Early History". B'nai Israel Synagogue. Retrieved February 22, 2013.^{[self-published source?]}

[3] "Sir Moses Montefiore". Chabad.org.

[4] "NRHP weekly listing". National Register of Historic Places. National Parks Service. October 21, 2011.

[5] "Congregation of the Children of Israel synagogue" (image). Digital Horizon Online.

[6] "Grand Forks County, North Dakota". Jewish Cemetery Project.

[7] Papermaster, Isadore. "History of the North Dakota Jewish Community" (PDF). Union for Reform Judaism.^{[permanent dead link]}

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Districts	Downtown Grand Forks Historic District Grand Forks Near Southside Historic District Grand Forks Riverside Neighborhood Historic District University of North Dakota Historic District
Buildings	Administration Building for the City of Grand Forks at the Grand Forks Airport Avalon Theater Building at 201 S. 3rd St. Building at 312 Kittson Ave. Carlott Funseth Round Barn Dakota Block Dinnie Apartments Dr. Henry Wheeler House Edgar Building Finks and Gokey Block First National Bank George B. Clifford House Grand Forks City Hall Grand Forks County Courthouse Grand Forks County Fairgrounds WPA Structures Grand Forks Herald Grand Forks Mercantile Building 1898 Grand Forks Mercantile Co. Grand Forks Woolen Mills Great Northern Freight Warehouse and Depot Hariman Sanatorium Harriet and Thomas Beare House Hook and Ladder No. 1 and Hose Co. No. 2 House at 1648 Riverside Drive Iddings Block J. Nelson Kelly House Joseph Bell DeRemer House Larimore City Hall Lyons Garage Martin V. Linwell House Masonic Temple Metropolitan Opera House North Dakota Mill and Elevator Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House Odd Fellows Block Oxford House R.S. Blome Granitoid Pavement in Grand Forks Roller Office Supply Skarsbo Apartments Speed Printing St. John's Block Commercial Exchange St. Michael's Hospital and Nurses' Residence Stratford Building Telephone Co. Building The Kegs Drive-In Thomas D. Campbell House U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Wells–Denbrook Architects Office Building Wright Block
Places of worship	B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery St. Michael's Church United Lutheran Church
Schools	Ben Franklin Elementary School Lewis and Clark Elementary School South Junior High School St. Michael's Parochial School Valley Junior High School Viking Elementary School Washington School West Elementary School Wilder Elementary School
Object	WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery
Structures	Midway Bridge Ost Valle Bridge Sorlie Memorial Bridge
Former listings	BPOE Lodge: Golden Block Building at 205 DeMers Ave. Building at 317 S. 3rd St. Clifford Annex Dinnie Block Electric Construction Co. Building Flatiron Building New Hampshire Apartments Northwood Bridge Red River Valley Brick Co. Viets Hotel
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Forks County, North Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Dakota

v t e Municipalities and communities of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States
County seat: Grand Forks
Cities	Emerado Gilby Grand Forks Inkster Larimore Manvel Niagara Northwood Reynolds‡ Thompson	Map of North Dakota highlighting Grand Forks County
Townships	Agnes Allendale Americus Arvilla Avon Bentru Blooming Brenna Chester Elkmount Elm Grove Fairfield Falconer Ferry Gilby Grace Grand Forks Hegton Inkster Johnstown Lakeville Larimore Levant Lind Logan Center Loretta Mekinock Michigan Moraine Niagara Northwood Oakville Pleasant View Plymouth Rye Strabane Turtle River Union Walle Washington Wheatfield
CDP	Grand Forks AFB
Unincorporated communities	Arvilla Hannah Junction Johnstown Kempton Mekinock
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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