Help A Jewish Community Buy Back Its Own Damn Synagogue!

Help a Jewish Community Buy Back Its Own Damn Synagogue!

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If you don’t care about the history, skip to the bold at the end!

This is Temple Emanu-El, in Helena, Montana. At the time it was built, it was the only synagogue between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon. It was built with the hard work of the Jewish community that had come west to seek their fortune and stability, having heard that people were more willing to do business with Jews in the West, a place where social strictures were slightly relaxed. This turned out to be true, and the community thrived.

This picture resolves small on tumblr, but you can see the love and care they put into it. It’s modeled after the great synagogues of Europe, with heavy stonework, onion domes, and intricate stained glass. The president of the congregation cried at its opening and dedication.

As the years went on, the West became more settled, and for a series of socio-political reasons of which my History of the American West major ass is well aware but are ultimately unimportant to the issue at hand, Jewish communities left much of the interior west for metropolitan areas. By the 1930s, the Jewish community was so small that they could not justify the large and lavish worship center.

They sold it to the city for one dollar.

The promise made to them was that it would be used for the public good. The state readied the former temple for its new function as offices for Social and Rehabilitation Services, sandblasting of the Hebrew inscription, “Gate to the Eternal,” above the entry and removing the star-studded, painted domes.. The copper was stripped from the building and likely reused to re-clad the State Capitol’s dome at about the same time.

That lasted all of 40 years, when the State of Montana decided to let it sit idle and decay, so they could justify the sale of the building, sold for a pittance to the public good, to the Helena Catholic Diocese for $83,000 (this is an opinion of mine, though it is not an uneducated one, and I do firmly believe it. I do not, however, represent that they allowed it to fall into disrepair to justify the sale as objective fact.)

This is the building now

In a twist of fate, the diocese can no longer afford to maintain the building. They are selling it, and the Jewish community of Helena is trying to buy it.

The Montana Jewish Project is being far far far nicer and more politic about this than I would be, but in fairness, they actually how to get Nice Goyim to donate, and I don’t, so. The Diocese is spinning this as selling the building for much less than its worth, which may be true, but if you bought it for $83,000, that would be $280,000 now.

They are selling it for $925,000. And we have to have 70% of the purchase price by February 28th. Easy terms, right?

Here’s where you come in! If the idea of Montana’s Jews getting back the building that was sold to the Diocese in spite of the original agreement appeals to you, you can and should donate to their capital campaign. They even have an option for your donation where if we don’t get Emanu-El back, your money will be returned to you instead of being used for other MJP protects and repairs.

This place won’t just be used for the Jewish community, though I think that would be enough. They want it to be used as a museum and center for the community as well, to teach about Jewish life in Montana, with Jewish cooking classes, and social programs, and teaching non-Jews about Jewish customs and culture.

I just want to get the cross off the top.

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4 years ago

You and Jonathan have been childhood friends since babys

You always helped him even when Dio tried to make you hate Jonathan

When Jonathan was hurt you got worried for him

You have been trying to learn more about the mask to see if he has other weaknesses

“Jonathan,I know your training with Mr.Zeppeli but dont try and push your self to much”you say. “I’m sorry (y/n) for making you worried but I have to defeat Dio since hes hurting innocent people”Jonathan says. “I know but your still human”you say with a worried look.You were holding some papers to find out more about the mask but you get a paper cut and you move your hand. “Ouch!”you say while holding your finger.“(y/n) are you okay?!”Jonathan says in a worried tone. “Im okay,its just a paper cut”you say. “(y/n) your still looking for more information about that mask but you should take a break aswell”He say as he moves closer to you.He then grabs your hand and then kisses your cutted finger . ‘H-huh?!,he just kissed my finger’you think as you get a little flusterd. “I hope it made you feel less pain,and im sorry if it was just sudden”Jonathan says still holding you hand.“Its okay Jonathan,it made it less painful”you say. You then feel a little electricity going through your finger. ‘Thats weird’ you think.You then pull your hand to see the cut but then you see its gone. “What the?!”you say as you looked at your new healed finger. “What wrong (y/n)?”He says in a paniked tone.”The cut its gone!?”you say in a shock. “What?”Jonathan says in a confused tone.Then Jonathan looks at your finger. ‘Could it be he maybe used hamon’you think. “Jonathan did you use hamon to heal me?”you ask. “No I dont think I did”Jonathan says. “Well I think you did since I did feel a electric curent in my finger”you say. “So I guess,I can use hamon to heal”He says in a thinking posture. You then go to William to tell them about the discovery.

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