Salt Lake City’s longest-running and Utah’s largest synagogue celebrated its 50-year anniversary Sunday night.
Congregation members, community leaders, and supporters from other walks of faith gathered together at a gala at the This is the Place Heritage Park.
In 1973, the Congregation B’nai Israel and Congregation Montefiore merged together to form Congregation Kol Ami. At Sunday night’s gala, speakers included community leaders like Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson.
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