List of synagogues in the United States

This is a list of notable synagogues in the United States.

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By state and territory

(then by town or other locality)

Alabama

Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham, Alabama.

Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem, Montgomery
Beth-El, Birmingham
Beth-El, Anniston
Beth Israel, Gadsden
Beth Or, Montgomery
B'nai Jeshurun, Demopolis
B'nai Sholom, Huntsville
Emanu-El, Birmingham
Beth Hallel, Birmingham (a Messianic Jewish congregation)
Knesseth Israel, Mountain Brook (suburb of Birmingham)
Sha’arai Shomayim, Mobile

Arizona

Congregation Beth Israel (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Congregation Beth Israel (Scottsdale, Arizona)
Temple Emanu-El (Tucson)
Jewish History Museum (Tucson), in the oldest synagogue in the state

Arkansas

Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas

California

in Los Angeles

in San Francisco

Statewide

Colorado

Temple Aaron, Trinidad, Colorado, 1888 building

Connecticut

Delaware

Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth in Wilmington, Delaware is the oldest congregation in the state.

District of Columbia

Washington Hebrew Congregation, congregation founded in 1852

Florida

Bet Shira Congregation, Miami
Ahavath Chesed in Jacksonville, and Temple Beth-El in Pensacola each has claims to being the oldest Jewish congregation in Florida. The Jacksonville congregation was meeting for prayer by 1867, but appears to have incorporated later than Pensacola which dedicated its first building in 1876, well before Jacksonville's 1882 building.
The United Hebrews of Ocala building built in 1888 may be the oldest Florida synagogue building still standing.

Georgia

Beth Hallel, Roswell (a Messianic Jewish congregation)
Congregation B'nai Torah of Sandy Springs, Georgia held its first services in 1981
Congregation Mickve Israel of Savannah, Georgia was organized in 1733.

Hawaii

Aloha Jewish Chapel, Pearl Harbor
Temple Emanu-El (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Idaho

Ahavath Beth Israel, Boise, Idaho (1896).^[1] The synagogue was built for Beth Israel (founded 1895). In the 1980s, the congregation was formed as a merger of Congregation Beth Israel and Ahavath Israel (founded 1912).

Illinois

KAM Isaiah Israel merged several older congregations in Chicago, the oldest of which - Kehillat Anshe Maarav - was founded in 1047.

Indiana

Congregation Achduth Vesholom of Fort Wayne was formed in 1848^[2]

Iowa

Temple Emanuel in Davenport, Iowa

Temple Judah (Reform) (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
B'nai Israel Synagogue (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Temple Emanuel of Davenport was formed as B’Nai Israel Congregation on October 21, 1861. It is Iowa's oldest Jewish congregation still in existence.^[3]
B'nai Israel Congregation (defunct) (Keokuck, Iowa)was the first permanent Jewish house of worship in Iowa. In 1855 the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to form a Minyan, and Congregation B’nai Israel ( Children of Israel) was formed. The congregation initially rented space for religious worship at the corner of Main and 7th streets. A permanent synagogue was constructed at 8th and Blondeau streets in 1877. The building was sold, in 1938, to the Keokuk Gospel Center. In 1957 it was torn down.
Congregation Anshe Izchak (defunct) (Burlington, Iowa) was organized in 1902 for the purpose of "the promotion of the Jewish Orthodox religion." The congregation bought an old school building from St. Johns Parochial school at 617 Division Street between 6th and 7th Streets.
B'nai Jacob Synagogue (Ottumwa, Iowa)
B'Nai Israel (defunct) (Centerville, Iowa) was organized in 1892, and that same year land was purchased for a cemetery. The synagogue was built in 1894, and in the 1980s what remained of the congregation disbanded and the building was sold.
B'nai Moses Congregation (defunct) (Muscatine, Iowa) was established in 1890 as the Congregation of Israel of Moses Meier. A number of their records are presently held by the American Jewish Historical Society.

Kansas

Temple B’Nai Jeshurun, founded in 1859, in Leavenworth, Kansas is the oldest in the state.^[4]

Kentucky

Congregation Agudath Achim (Ashland)

Louisiana

The 1872 building of Congregation Bikur Cholim in Donaldsonville, Louisiana is the oldest in the state.

Maine

Congregation Bet Ha'am, South Portland, Maine
Etz Chaim Synagogue, Portland, Maine
Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland, Maine
Temple Beth El, Portland, Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Adams Street Shul, Newton, Massachusetts

Temple Emanuel Sinai (Worcester, Massachusetts)

Michigan

Temple Emanuel (Grand Rapids, Michigan), oldest extant synagogue building (1882), congregation founded in 1857 (fifth oldest in the U.S.)

Temple Israel (West Bloomfield)

Temple Beth El (Bloomfield Hills)

Missouri

United Hebrew Congregation, 1837, is the oldest congregation in Missouri and west of the Mississippi River.
Congregation Shaare Emeth (Creve Coeur, Missouri), 1869.
Congregation B'nai Amoona (Creve Coeur, Missouri), 1882.
Temple Beth El, Jefferson City, Continuous operation in the same location and building since 1883.
Congregation Temple Israel (Creve Coeur, Missouri), 1886.

Minnesota

List of synagogues in Minnesota

Mississippi

Windows reformed from broken glass, at Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi)

Montana

Temple Emanu-El (Helena, Montana), built 1891,^[5] first and oldest synagogue in Montana, building now converted to other uses.

Nebraska

List of synagogues in Omaha

New Hampshire

Temple Adath Yeshurun of Manchester, founded in 1891, is the oldest synagogue in New Hampshire.

New Mexico

Congregation Albert, founded in 1897, is the oldest continuing Jewish organization in New Mexico.^[6]^[7]

Ohio

Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Beachwood)
Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue (Lyndhurst)
Park Synagogue (Cleveland Heights)
The Rockdale Temple (1824), originally known as K.K. Bene Israel in Cincinnati, is the oldest congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains and the second oldest Ashkenazi congregation in the United States.
Sherith Israel Temple, also in Cincinnati (1860) is the oldest synagogue structure west of the Alleghenies.
Temple Tifereth-Israel (Beachwood)

Oklahoma

Temple Emeth, in Ardmore was the oldest known Jewish congregation in Oklahoma.^[8] Founded prior to statehood, they acquired their first building in 1912.^[8] The congregation disbanded in 2004.^[8]
Temple B'nai Israel was formed in May 1903 in Oklahoma City, making it the oldest active congregation in Oklahoma.^[9]

Oregon

Congregation Beth Israel, Portland, Oregon
Neveh Shalom Synagogue, Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

Congregation Mikveh Israel, congregation founded in 1740s in Philadelphia
Congregation Kehillas B'nai Shalom (Bucks County)
Congregation Rodeph Shalom, on the NRHP
Beth Shalom Congregation, Synagogue building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Kesher Israel Congregation, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, Oldest active South Philadelphia rowhouse shul

Puerto Rico

Sha'are Zedeck, built in 1952, is the oldest synagogue in Puerto Rico.

Rhode Island

Sons of Jacob Synagogue, Providence, Rhode Island
Temple Beth-El (Providence, Rhode Island)
Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest surviving synagogue in North America.

South Carolina

K.K. Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina

Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina
Temple Beth Elohim (Georgetown, South Carolina)
Beth Israel Congregation (Beaufort, South Carolina)
Beth Israel Congregation (Florence, South Carolina)
House of Peace Synagogue, Columbia, South Carolina
Temple Sinai (Sumter, South Carolina)

South Dakota

Mount Zion Congregation, Sioux Falls, possibly the oldest congregation, ca. 1903.

Tennessee

Temple Adas Israel (Brownsville, Tennessee)
Baron Hirsch Synagogue, Memphis, Tennessee
Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)
Mizpah Congregation, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee)
Congregation Sherith Israel (Nashville, Tennessee)
Temple B'Nai Israel, Jackson, Tennessee

Texas

Congregation Agudas Achim - San Antonio, Texas, conservative synagogue founded in 1889.
B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Brenham, Brenham, Texas Congregation founded in 1885.
The 1870 building of Congregation B'nai Israel (Galveston, Texas), is the oldest synagogue building.
Temple Beth Israel (Houston, Texas), founded in 1854, is the oldest congregation in the state.
Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Texas) is one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the world.
Temple Sinai (Houston, Texas), was the first Reform Synagogue to be established in West Houston.

Utah

B'nai Israel Temple (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Vermont

Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue

Virginia

Agudas Achim Congregation (Alexandria, Virginia)

Washington

Main article: List of synagogues and Jewish congregations in Washington

West Virginia

Ohev Sholom Temple, Huntington, West Virginia

Wisconsin

Main article: List of synagogues in Wisconsin

References

↑ Synagogue architecture in America: faith, spirit & identity By Henry Stolzman, Daniel Stolzman
↑ Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled
↑ Temple Emanuel celebrates 150 years
↑ Temple B'Nai Jeshurun - Jewish Amer. Society for Historic Preservation
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↑ Jewish Synagogues in Oklahoma City

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