| Congregation Shaare Emeth | |
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 Interior of the synagogue, in 2007 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
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| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 11645 Ladue Road,Creve Coeur,St. Louis County,Missouri 63141 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inMissouri | |
| Coordinates | 38°39′23″N90°26′28″W / 38.656389°N 90.441111°W /38.656389; -90.441111 |
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| Type | Synagogue |
| Established | 1867(as a congregation) |
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Congregation Shaare Emeth (transliterated fromHebrew as "Gates of Truth") is aReform Jewish congregation andsynagogue located at 11645 Ladue Road, inCreve Coeur,St. Louis County,Missouri, in the United States.
Founded inSt. Louis in 1867, out of theOrthodox B’nai El congregation, Shaare Emeth constructed its first synagogue building at 17th and Pine Streets in 1869, designed by Thomas Brady and Otto H. Stickel in theMoorish Revival style,[1][2][3] with towonion domes.[4] RabbiSolomon H. Sonneschein was the congregation's firstrabbi, who later went on to be founding rabbi atCongregation Temple Israel.[5]
The 1869 synagogue was replaced by theRichardsonian Romanesque-style building designed by Link, Rosenheim, and Ittner, completed in 1897. With seating for 1,000 worshippers, the building was notable due to its 25-square-foot (2.3 m2) tower, some 140 feet (43 m) high.Alfred S. Alschuler of Chicago designed the congregation's third synagogue, located inUniversity City, completed in 1934.[6] In 1980, the congregation moved to Creve Coeur.
Shaare Emeth is a member of theUnion for Reform Judaism. It is the oldest Reform and largest congregation in the greater St. Louis area. In addition to religious services, the Shaare Emeth has a religious school, Shirlee Green Preschool, and two summer camps, Camp Micah and Camp Emeth. In 2016, the former Orthodox B’nai El and the Reform Shaare Emeth congregations merged.
Clergy include Senior Rabbi Jim Bennett, Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, Rabbi Rachel Bearman, Cantor Seth Warner, and Rabbi Educator Lori Levine; and Rabbi Emeritus is Jeffrey Stiffman.
Rosa Sonneschein.
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