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Shaarie Torah
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Shaarie Torah synagogue
Religion
Affiliation Conservative Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue
Leadership Rabbi Gary Oren
Status Active
Location
Location 920 Northwest 25th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Country United States
Congregation Shaarie Torah is located in Portland, Oregon
Congregation Shaarie Torah
Location in Portland, Oregon
Architecture
Date established 1905 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • c. 1905 (First Avenue)
  • 1960 (demolished)
  • 1965 (current synagogue)

Shaarie Torah is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 920 Northwest 25th Avenue, in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

History

The congregation was founded in 1905, and shortly after, the congregation purchased a Presbyterian Church on SW Third Avenue and moved it to First Avenue, south of Hall Street. The building was refurbished and became the first official home of Shaarie Torah.

A new synagogue opened on May 15, 1960, at Park Avenue and Jackson Street, but it was demolished a few years later due to the construction of Interstate 405. The current synagogue at 920 Northwest 25th Avenue was dedicated on June 13, 1965.

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