Congregation Adath Israel Brith Shalom (Louisville, Kentucky)

Congregation Adath Israel Brith Shalom (Louisville, Kentucky)

Adath Israel Temple is a reform Jewish synagogue located in Louisville, Kentucky. Following a merger, the congregation is now known as Congregation Adath Israel Brith Shalom, and, more commonly, by the informal name The Temple.

History

The congregation, the oldest in Kentucky, was chartered in 1842 and has occupied six buildings. [http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/14.htm]

Architecture

In 1868 the congregation built an elaborate domed synagogue in a Orientalist style that featured twin towers topped by tall domes and a Torah Ark with a horseshoe arch topped by a similar dome. The architect was H. P. Bradshaw. [Lee Weisbach, Synagogues of Kentucky,; History and Architecture, University of Kentucky press, 1995]

The congregation's third building, designed by architects Kenneth McDonald and J.F. Sheblessy, was dedicated on June 3, 1906, was informally known as the "Third Street Synagogue." . The neo-classical building was listed in the National Registry of Historic Places in 1975 as a result of the strength and prestige of the architects. In 1977 it was sold to an Apostolic Church, the Greater Bethel Temple.

ee also

*Oldest synagogues in the United States

External links

*http://templeaibs.org/

References


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