Ohev Sholom Congregation

Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the neighborhood of , in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah.
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: Orthodox synagogue in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “National Synagogue”, “Ohev Shalom”, “Ohev Sholom - National Synagogue”, and “Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue”
  • Address: 1600 Jonquil Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20012

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lowell School and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.

School
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is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the neighborhood near The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel. is situated 650 feet northwest of Ohev Sholom Congregation.

Library
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is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist. is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Ohev Sholom Congregation.

Railway station
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is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in in . It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878. is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Ohev Sholom Congregation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Colonial Village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the of In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Neighborhood
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is an area in northwest , built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the , where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

Neighborhood
is an affluent residential condominium neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is bounded by West Beach Drive to the east and northeast, Parkside Drive to the south and southwest, and to the northeast.

Ohev Sholom Congregation

Latitude
38.9839° or 38° 59′ 2″ north
Longitude
-77.0369° or 77° 2′ 13″ west
Open location code
87C4XXM7+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 70933052
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q6978795
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In Other Languages

“Ohev Sholom Congregation” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيس الوطنى”

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Highlights include Congregation Tifereth Israel and Washington Ethical Society.

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