Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known as The Temple, 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.

History[]

Ohabai Shalom was founded as an Orthodox congregation in the 1840s in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Garretson on South Summer Street (5th Avenue). [1] The congregation purchased land for a cemetery in 1851 and in 1874 dedicated the striking, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple.[2] In 1873 the congregation was one of the founding members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now the Union for Reform Judaism.[3] In 1945, the Temple gave Temple B'nai Israel in Tupelo, Mississippi, its first Torah.[4] The congregation moved to its present building in 1955.[1]

Notable members[]

  • Herb Rich (1928-2008), 2x All-Pro NFL football player

External links[]

Images of the 1874 Moorish Revival building[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Temple | Nashville, TN | Congregation Ohabai Sholom | Union for Reform Judaism". www.templenashville.org. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  2. ^ TSLA::The History Of Jews In Tennessee-Selections From The Tennessee State Library And Archives
  3. ^ "The Temple | Nashville, TN | Congregation Ohabai Sholom | Union for Reform Judaism". www.templenashville.org. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  4. ^ "Tupelo, Mississippi". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. 2020.

Coordinates: 36°06′28″N 86°51′52″W / 36.1079°N 86.8645°W / 36.1079; -86.8645


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