The Taxonomy of Temple Names
The on-line literature about how synagogues choose their names is very sparse, nor is the subject covered very often in the congregational histories that appear on the websites of many URJ congregations. Whatever naming process the founders have followed soon gets lost in the congregation’s unrecorded history, and we have many instances where the original name has been abandoned, and then later revived. [1]
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January 24, 2012 
