Temple Adath Israel (Cleveland, Mississippi)

	Adath Israel Temple
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	201 S. Bolivar Ave., Cleveland, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°44′35″N 90°43′29″W / 33.74303°N 90.724709°WCoordinates: 33°44′35″N 90°43′29″W / 33.74303°N 90.724709°W
Built	1927
Architectural style	Byzantine
NRHP reference No.	02001499
Added to NRHP	December 12, 2002

Temple Adath Israel is a Reform Jewish synagogue in Cleveland, Mississippi.

The Congregation was organized in 1923; a Hebrew school had been started the previous year.^[1] The congregation's Byzantine Revival synagogue was built in 1927. An annex, designed by architect Harold Kaplan of Greenville, Mississippi was completed in 1949–1950.^[2]

The Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 2002.

History[]

Plans for an organized Jewish community around Cleveland began in 1922, when three members of the community decided to create a Hebrew school for Bolivar County.^[1] Working with a Rabbi out of Greenville, Mississippi, they held classes in the Cleveland Consolidated School.^[1] This developed into a desire for religious services for Jews within a 50-mile radius of Cleveland. Services were originally held in a local high school auditorium, with Rabbi Rabinowitz from Greenville coming up to lead services. Between 1926 and 1927, congregants raised money to build a synagogue. The Temple was dedicated on February 6, 1927.^[1]

At one point, Adath Israel had one of the largest temple youth groups in Mississippi.^[3]

Today, Temple Adath Israel has a congregation of about 18-22 families.^[1]^[4]

Gallery[]

Front of the building
Closeup of the entrance

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cleveland temple". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Institute for Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ "Adath Israel Temple - Cleveland, Mississippi - Synagogues on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
^ Bordelon, Janet (14 January 2015). "Mississippi: Jewish in Plenty of Ways That Matter". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
^ Clevel, PO Box 1327; Maps, MS 38732-1327 See map: Google (13 September 2017). "Temple Adath Israel". ReformJudaism.org. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

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[ISJL-1] "Cleveland temple". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Institute for Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[2] "Adath Israel Temple - Cleveland, Mississippi - Synagogues on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

[3] Bordelon, Janet (14 January 2015). "Mississippi: Jewish in Plenty of Ways That Matter". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

[4] Clevel, PO Box 1327; Maps, MS 38732-1327 See map: Google (13 September 2017). "Temple Adath Israel". ReformJudaism.org. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

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