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Etz Chaim Synagogue

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Etz Chaim Synagogue is a synagogue in Portland, Maine. Located at 267 Congress Street, it is the only immigrant-era European-style synagogue remaining in Maine.The Great Outdoors: A winter walk through history on Portland's Congress Street The Forecster, December 23, 2010 It was founded in 1921 as an English-language synagogue, rather than a traditional Yiddish-language one.The Story of Etz Chaim Gary S. Berenson presides as Rabbi of the congregation.Retirement will wait for Gary Berenson, Portland's newest rabbi Read more on Wikipedia

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