| Congregation B'nai Shalom | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 1545 Bushkill Street,Easton,Pennsylvania 18042 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inPennsylvania | |
| Coordinates | 40°41′36″N75°14′02″W / 40.6933°N 75.2340°W /40.6933; -75.2340 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Synagogue |
| Established | 2020(merged congregation)
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| Website | |
| bnaishalomeaston | |
Congregation B'nai Shalom is aReformJewishsynagogue located at 1545 Bushkill Street, inEaston,Pennsylvania, in the United States. The congregation was formed on August 1, 2020, following the merger of two former congregations.
Founded in 1839 asBrit Shalom, later known as theTemple Covenant of Peace, it is one of theoldest Jewish congregations in the United States. In 2018 the congregation began discussions to merge with theB'nai Abraham Synagogue,[1] founded in 1889.
Congregation Brit Shalom was founded on August 26, 1839.[2] In 1842, the congregation built a synagogue building at 38 South Sixth Street. In 1959, the congregation, renamed as Temple Covenant of Peace, moved to a new building.[3] By the late twentieth century, the former S. Sixth St building was used as the SecondBaptist Church of Easton. In 1996, Mark W. Gordon identified this building as the third oldest synagogue building in the country.[4] However, the old synagogue, subsequent church, was destroyed byarson on June 21, 2003.[5]
Congregation B'nai Abraham, also B'nai Abraham Synagogue (transliterated fromHebrew as "Children of Abraham"), was founded in 1889 by immigrant Jews were from eastern and central Europe, Russia, and the Baltic countries, who practiced in theOrthodoxAshkenazirite.[6]
After several years of discussions,[7] in August 2020 the two congregations merged as Congregation B'nai Shalom. At the time of the merger, B'nai Abraham was aligned with theConservative movement; however, the new merged congregation embraced the Reform movement. The congregation adopted the former B'nai Abraham Synagogue Bushkill Street building as their new place of worship.[8] The former Temple Covenant of Peace synagogue building was sold.
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