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According to Jonathan Sarna, it is the oldest synagogue west of the Mississippi River. [4] A. Weigel was its first president; and services were held for many years at a private house in Frenchtown. The first building used as a synagogue was located on Fifth Street between Green and Washington Avenues.
Temple Beth El is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 318 Monroe Street, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in the United States. Built in 1883 it has been in continuous use at that location since its construction. Shabbat services are led by members of the congregation every Friday night, and holiday services are also observed.
Alfred S. Alschuler of Chicago designed the congregation's third synagogue, located in University City, completed in 1934. [6] In 1980, the congregation moved to Creve Coeur. Shaare Emeth is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism. It is the oldest Reform and largest congregation in the greater St. Louis area.
Starting out in a rented hall in 1873, Temple B'nai Jeshurun is now celebrating its 150th year in service to Des Moines' Jewish community.
Synagogue The oldest synagogue in Missouri and the oldest still in use by a congregation west of the Mississippi River. It was designed in 1882 by local architect Frank B. Miller for the congregation which was organized in 1879. [15] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the Missouri State Capitol Historic District.
It is the oldest Florida synagogue building still standing. [5] It is now the Ocala Bible Chapel, a Christian congregation. First Congregation Sons of Israel is the oldest synagogue in “The Nation's Oldest City”, St. Augustine, Florida. The congregation was chartered in 1908.
The Missouri Historical Society purchased the historic Skinker building in early 1989. It is now the Society's library and research center. As its membership continued to move to the suburbs, United Hebrew Congregation purchased land at Conway and Woods Mill Roads in the West St. Louis County suburbs of Town and Country and Chesterfield ...
A copy of the "Torah scrolls" at the newly restored Ben Ezra Synagogue, Egypt's oldest Jewish temple, after decade-long restoration, in old Cairo, Egypt. - Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters