February 23, 1913
Solomon Schechter Founds the United Synagogue of America
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On this day, February 23, 1913, Solomon Schechter founded the United Synagogue of America, later the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
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- February 23, 1913
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On this day, Solomon Schechter, then president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, convened representatives of 22 synagogues in New York and founded the United Synagogue of America.
The federation later became the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Schechter called it the greatest bequest he would leave to American Jewry. He died in 1915; the organization continued.
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- History · United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism · USCJ View source
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