Congregation Ohabai Sholom

Congregation Ohabai Sholom is a Reform synagogue in Nashville, Tennessee notable for the elaborate, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple that was its home from 1874 until its demolition in 1954.

Ohabai Shalom was founded as an orthodox congregation in the 1840’s in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Garretson on South Summer Street (5th Avenue.) [ http://www.templenashville.org/_new_site/1_about_temple/history_of_temple.htm] ] The congregation purchased land for a cemetery in 1851 and in 1874 dedicated the striking, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple. [ [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/tnjews/index.htm TSLA::The History Of Jews In Tennessee-Selections From The Tennessee State Library And Archives ] ] In 1876 the congregation joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform Jewish movement.

The congregation moved to its present building in 1955.

Illustrations of the 1874 Moorish Revival building

http://www.haruth.com/JewsTennOhabaiSholom.jpg

http://www.highwaymarker.org/signtext.cfm?sm=1840

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/exhibits/tnjews/index.htm

http://www.pbase.com/deadelvis/image/21542107

http://www.nashvillewebreview.com/automat/nashville/churches/synagog/VineStreet.htm

Webpage

http://templenashville.org/_new_site/index.htm

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