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Our Savior's Lutheran Church
View of Nile Our Savior from Prairie St.
Outdoor Shrine
The outdoor temple is for burning incense because indoors it gets all over everything. Sophia Sour explains that “it’s a place you can actually go and ask for wishes or where…good deeds come to you.”
Outdoor Shrine: Bhumisparsha Mudra and Reclining Buddha
The outdoor temple of the Watt. In the foreground the Buddha statue is has the Bhumisparsha mudra, or the earth touching or earth witness mudra. This mudra, formed with all five fingers of the right hand extended to touch the ground, symbolizes the…
Outside Beth El
Beth El is a Conservative congregation founded in 1926. Originally on the North Side of Minneapolis, it was founded by younger people who wanted to practice a more forward-looking brand of Judaism then their (Orthodox) parents. It moved to its…
Outside Bnai Emet
Bnai Emet is a Conservative congregation founded in 1971. Its origins lie with B’nai Abraham, a congregation founded in 1889 in South Minneapolis by Romanian immigrants. It moved to St. Louis Park in 1958, and in 1971 it merged with another…
Outside Kenneseth Israel
Kenesseth Israel is an Orthodox congregation, one of the oldest in Minnesota. It was founded in 1891 on Minneapolis's North Side, becoming a vital part of Jewish life there. In 1971, due to the large-scale migration of Jews to the northern and…
Outside View
An outside view of the church
