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KAM Isaiah Israel is the oldest Jewish congregation in Chicago with its oldest core founded in 1847 as Kehilath Anshe Ma’arav (Congregation of the Men of the West probably referring to the Middle-west abbreviated as KAM).In 1922 KAM moved from its Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler designed temple in Bronzeville to a private residence in Hyde Park. The former synagogue became the Pilgrim Baptist Church the birthplace of Gospel music.
