B’rith Sholom Kneseth Israel

Genealogical Data

The following index and records from this congregation are available:

Marriages from 1959 to 1973

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History

Established in 1908; still active in 2018

This congregation began in the fall of 1908 as B’rith Sholom (Covenant of Peace),  an Orthodox group for Austrian-Hungarian Jews. They rented Smith’s Hall at 14th and Carr Streets in the spring of 1909 and limited their membership to Austrian-Hungarian families only. (Later this would change to welcoming all Orthodox worshipers.)

In 1923, they purchased the former United Hebrew Temple at Kingshighway and Enright and moved the congregation westward, as other Jewish groups were doing. Their stay at this location was short-lived and in 1928, they purchased a building at 6166 Delmar, just east of the Loop. In 1937, they incorporated the B’rith Sholom Cemetery Association, purchasing land on Olive Street Road, just east of Hanley in University City.

A turning point for this congregation came in 1960. They had just finished building a synagogue in Richmond Heights when they decided to merge with the much smaller and younger Kneseth Israel congregation, bringing about a hundred new families into the merger. The move also marked a change in focus, as the Orthodox congregation switched to being Conservative. The new congregation, now called B’rith Sholom Kneseth Israel, soon was known as BSKI. As their building aged, however, change was coming once more, and, in 2013, BSKI merged again, this time with Temple Shaare Zedek, and took an entirely new name: Kol Rinah. The merged congregation continues as a Conservative group.

1107 East Linden Ave.
Photo © 2011 Karl Bloomberg
(Used with permission)

6166 Delmar Blvd.
Photo © 2011 LandMarks Association
(Used with permission)

Address: 829 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Telephone: 314-727-1747

Website: http://www.sestl.org/

Location 1909–1923: 14th and Carr, St. Louis, Missouri 63106
GPS (Latitude, Longitude): 38.6362831,-90.1988344 View Map

Location 1923–1928: Kingshighway and Enright, St. Louis, Missouri 63108
GPS (Latitude, Longitude): 38.6527342,-90.2655255 View Map

Location 1928–1960: 6166 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63112
GPS (Latitude, Longitude): 38.6551229,-90.3007189 View Map

Location 1960–2013 (as BSKI): 1107 East Linden Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63117
GPS (Latitude, Longitude): 38.6335664,-90.3444686 View Map

Location 2013–Present (as Kol Rinah): 829 N. Hanley Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63130
GPS (Latitude, Longitude): 38.6625684,-90.3349429 View Map