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BIAV History
Kansas City’s Orthodox synagogue, Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner, dates back to 1890, when minyan meetings were held in the Hammerslough Building at Fifth & Main Streets. The group that gathered was called Etz Chaim (Tree of Life), and in 1894 it founded the Tefereth Israel Congregation. The congregation moved in 1905 to Admiral Boulevard and Tracy. For many years, the southwest corner of 35th Street and the Paseo was the home of the city’s only mechitzah synagogue.