Congregation Achduth Vesholom
Congregation Achduth Vesholom | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Meir Bargeron |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46807 |
Country | United States |
Location in Indiana | |
Geographic coordinates | 41°02′09″N 85°09′06″W / 41.035942°N 85.151559°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Style | Gothic Revival (1874) |
Date established | 1848 (as a congregation) |
Completed |
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Construction cost | $25,000 (1874) |
Website | |
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Congregation Achduth Vesholom (
History
Achduth Vesholom is the oldest congregation in Indiana, formed on October 26, 1848 as a German Orthodox congregation,[1][5][2][6] called "The Society for Visiting the Sick and Burying the Dead".[1][7] The congregation worshiped initially in private homes.[8][9]
In 1857, the synagogue purchased the former German Methodist Church building on Harrison Street for $1,200 ($39,000 today), which was dedicated as a synagogue.[2][9] The first rabbi was Joseph Solomon, who served until 1859.[9] In 1861, the congregation adopted its current name.[1][2]
On the corner of Harrison and Wayne Streets, the congregation built a Gothic Revival-style temple with seating for 800 people in 1874 at the cost of $25,000 ($673,000 today);[2][9] and in the same year the congregation joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.[6] Samuel Hirshberg was rabbi from 1891 to 1895.[10]
The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets;[6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961.[2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick,[11] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020 as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader.[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e Landman, Isaac (1941). The Universal Jewish encyclopedia ...: an authoritative and popular presentation of Jews and Judaism since the earliest times. Retrieved June 29, 2011 – via Google Books.
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- ISBN 9780300101973. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
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- ^ Singer, Isidore; Adler, Cyrus (1912). The Jewish encyclopedia: a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day. Retrieved June 29, 2011 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "Our Story". Templecav.org. Retrieved June 29, 2011.[self-published source?]
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- ^ a b c d Valley of the upper Maumee River; with historical account of Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brant & Fuller. 1889. p. 314. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
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- ^ American Jewish year book. American Jewish Committee. Jewish Publication Society of America. 1903. Retrieved June 29, 2011 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Achduth Vesholom Celebrates its Dedication, New Rabbi". Fort Wayne News Sentinel. November 1, 1995. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Past Rabbis and Presidents". Congregation Achduth Vesholom. Retrieved January 9, 2024.[self-published source?]
External links
This section may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. (January 2024) |
- Congregation Achduth Vesholom minute book 1876–83. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Achduth Vesholom Congregation. 1876. ]
- One hundredth anniversary of Congregation Achduth Vesholom, 1848–1948. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Achduth Vesholom Congregation. 1948 – via Google Books.[self-published source?]
- Zweig, Beth (1998). Congregation Achduth Vesholom, 150th anniversary celebration weekend: October 16–18, 1998. SRS Publications – via Google Books.
- Zweig, Beth (2002). Congregation Achduth Vesholom: our story'. Achduth Vesholom – via Google Books.[self-published source?]
- Achduth Vesholom Congregation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Minutes (Nabu Press reprint ed.). Fort Wayne: Achduth Vesholom Congregation. 2010. ]