Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee)
Congregation Ohabai Sholom | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 5015 Harding Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37205 |
Country | United States |
Location in Tennessee | |
Geographic coordinates | 36°06′28″N 86°51′52″W / 36.1079°N 86.8645°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Founder | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Garretson |
Date established | c. 1840s (as a congregation) |
Completed |
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Website | |
templenashville |
Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known as The Temple, is a
History
Ohabai Sholom 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.[1] In 1945, the Temple gave Temple B'nai Israel in Tupelo, Mississippi, its first Torah.[3]
The congregation moved to its present building in 1955.[1] Rabbi Randall Falk, who served as Senior Rabbi at the Temple from 1960 to 1986, led local clergy in Civil Rights marches and was a founding member of the Metro (Nashville) Human Relations Commission, which was established to promote integration and Civil Rights.[4]
Notable members
- Herb Rich (1928-2008), a former professional NFL football player[citation needed]
- Dinah Shore, famed Big Band singer and national television personality from the 1940s through 1970s
References
- ^ a b c "History & Heritage". Congregation Ohabai Sholom. April 2, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "The History Of Jews In Tennessee". Selections From The Tennessee State Library And Archives. State Government of Tennessee.
- ^ "Tupelo, Mississippi". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. 2020.
- ^ "Celebrated civil rights leader Rabbi Randall Falk died Sunday". The Tennessean.
External links
Images of the 1874 Moorish Revival building
- Vine Street 1 on tennessee.gov
- Vine Street Temple on pbase.com
- Vine Street Temple on nashvillewebreview.com