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Beth Israel is the oldest Orthodox congregation in the New Orleans region [3] and its most prominent. [14] Though it was founded as early as 1903, [1] it traces its roots back to much older synagogues. In the mid-19th century New Orleans had a number of small Orthodox congregations of Eastern European Jews, generally "structured along ...
Following a merger of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, Young Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Education Alliance, the organization was renamed Jewish Community Center (JCC) in 1951. [1] Many member organizations adopted the new name, but some other member organizations did not do so, particularly in the New York metropolitan area ...
The sanctuary building on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans was designed by Emile Weil, aged 29 years, and George Glover in the Byzantine Revival style, with a 71-foot-wide (22 m) dome. The synagogue was constructed in 1908 and dedicated 1 January 1909.
Temple Sinai is a historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 6227 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. [1] It is one of Louisiana's largest Jewish congregations, with a congregation of approximately 450 member families, and its oldest Reform congregation. [2]
Anshe Sfard, New Orleans; Congregation Beth Israel, New Orleans; Temple Sinai, ... Jewish Community Center of White Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Springs; North Carolina
Anshe Sfard is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2230 Carondelet Street in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. [ 1 ] The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 2017.
Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim known locally as "The Jewish Temple" is an historic Jewish synagogue located in Alexandria, Louisiana, in the United States.Founded in 1859 by Jews from the Alsace region of France, it is one of the oldest congregations in Louisiana and one of the original founding members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now known as the Union for Reform Judaism.
Shangarai Chasset was founded in New Orleans on December 20, 1827, [1] and chartered by the Louisiana legislature on March 27, 1828 by Jacob Solis. The synagogue’s members were primarily of Sephardic Portuguese background.