Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Congregation Shaarey Zedek (/ʃaʔaˈʁeiː ˈtsedek/; transl. 'Gates of Righteousness', Hebrew: שַׁעֲרֵי צֶדֶק, romanized: Sha'arei tzedek) is a Conservative synagogue in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. History The congregation was founded in 1861 when a faction of more traditional Jews split off from Temple Beth El. Shaarey Zedek was a founding member of the Conservative United Synagogue of America in 1913. The congregation worshiped in a building at the intersection of Congress and St. Antoine streets in Detroit from its founding until 1877 when, on the same site, it erected an elaborate Moorish Revival edifice with tall, twin towers topped with Onion domes. It was the first purpose-built synagogue in the Detroit area and the first of no fewer than five synagogue buildings that the congregation would build within the space of a century. By the early 20th century, many of the temple’s members had moved to a wealthier neighborhoods northeast of downtown. In 1903, the congregation erected a new structure topped with an octagonal dome at the intersection of Winder and Brush streets. In 1913, Shaarey Zedek again followed its increasingly wealthy congregants north and moved into a spacious, new, domed Neo-classical synagogue building at Willis and Brush street