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Sons of Israel

Sons of Israel is now Daniel’s New Bethel Church of God in Christ and is at 1321 Dwight Street in Springfield. The temple is from 1924. It changed its name soon after 1924.

Beth Israel

Beth Israel had a first location called the Gray’s Avenue Shul since 1892.

Their second location is at 565 Chestnut Street of Springfield since 1923. It would become the Hispanic Pentecostal Church.

Jewish History in Springfield Massachusetts

The External SITE has the best explanation.

congregation	synagogue	cemetery	origins	cemetery origins	community
Kodimoh	synagogue	cemetery WS	1916-2007		Springfield
Kesser Israel	synagogue	cemetery S	1900-2007	1909	Springfield
Temple Beth El	synagogue	cemetery WS	1913-still		Springfield
City of Homes		cemetery S	1902 as social club – still	1918	Springfield
Sons of Israel	synagogue	cemetery S	1902-1970s?	1927	Springfield
Congregation of Sinai Temple	synagogue	cemetery S	1932-still	1948	Springfield
Beth Israel	synagogue	cemetery WS	1892-2007	1892	Springfield
B’Nai Jacob	synagogue	cemetery WS	1891 (1963 to Longmeadow)		Springfield
Sons of Zion	synagogue	cemetery	1901	1896	Holyoke
Rodphey Sholom	synagogue	cemetery	1902	1924	Holyoke
Congregation B’nai Israel	synagogue	cemetery		1906	Northampton
Hebrew Society Cemetery		cemetery		1928	Northampton

Congregation B’nai Torah is the 2007 merger of Beth Israel, Kesser Israel, and Kodimoh. Their three cemeteries are under their control. The temple is at 2 Eunice Drive.

Springfield Jewish Community Center in Longmeadow Massachusetts

Kodimoh Synagogue

Kodimoh Synagogue is at 124 Sumner Avenue and is from 1960.

The building they started in in 1923 (the Congregation Kodimoh Synagogue) is on Oakland Street LINK. They own the Congregation Kodimoh Cemetery in West Springfield. Cemetery LINK. The congregation dates back to 1916 and its origin is in this Forest Park neighborhood.

Hampshire County Courthouse

Huntington 1902 A – Easthampton B – Plainfield 1902 – Middlefield – Westhampton M

Northampton D – Chesterfield – Granby T – Cummington 1902 P – Hadley P – Prescott – Southampton 1902 – Worthington B – Williamsburg 1902

T Amherst 1902 – Enfield F – Goshen D – Hatfield – Ware

In 1902 there was also South Hadley, Belchertown, and Pelham in Hampshire County but they are not on the fountain.

Forest Park Heights Historic District

Longhill

Maplewood Terrace

Magnolia Terrace

Entry Dingle Heights

Temple Beth El

Temple Beth El has its cemetery in West Springfield. FINDAGRAVE The cemetery has its own page on my site LINK.

Temple Beth El has a web site EXTERNAL LINK. Their history is very well explained at the same page EXTERNAL LINK. Their organization started in 1913. The first building that they made was in 1918 at 150 Fort Pleasant Avenue. The Forest Park Hebrew School was close by. In 1937 the United Hebrew School was made on Oakland Street.

A new temple was built in 1953 on Dickinson Street but it had a severe fire and another one was made in 1968.