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Adas Israel, Washington, DC, 1903:
Adas Israel ("the community of Israel") was founded in the late 1860s by 35 immigrant families from Europe who wanted to maintain traditional Jewish observances within the modern American community. They left the Washington Hebrew Congregation when it became a Reform Synagogue and liberalized its services. Constructed in 1876 on 5th Street NW, Adas Israel was the first Jewish congregation in Washington to build its own synagogue. Today the Lillian and Albert Small Museum occupies the first building that houses Adas Israel. |