List of synagogues in the United States

This is a list of notable synagogues in the United States.

By state

Alabama

Alaska
  • Congregation Or HaTzafon, Fairbanks
  • Congregation Beth Shalom, Anchorage
  • Alaska Jewish Campus, Anchorage
  • The David & Ruth Green Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska, Anchorage

Arizona

Arkansas

California
See also: List of Chabad houses in California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware
  • Congregation Beth Shalom, Wilmington, Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida
  • Ahavath Chesed competes with Temple Beth-El in Pensacola for the honor of being each the oldest Jewish congregation in Florida. The Jacksonville congregation was meeting for prayer by 1867, but appears to have incorporated later than Pensacola which dedicated its first building in 1876, well before Jacksonville's 1882 building.
  • Bet Shira Congregation
  • Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida). See above under Jacksonville's Ahavath Chesed synagogue.
  • United Hebrews of Ocala. Their building, built in 1888, may be the oldest Florida synagogue building still standing.
  • Jewish Discovery Center of Brandon. A Chabad synagogue.

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho
  • Ahavath Beth Israel, Boise, Idaho (1896).[1] The synagogue was built for Beth Israel (founded 1895). In the 1980s, the congregation was formed as a merger of Congregation Beth Israel and Ahavath Israel (founded 1912).

Illinois
  • B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE) One of the oldest and most influential congregations in the area, originally founded by Bohemian immigrants in 1893.
  • KAM Isaiah Israel merged several older congregations in Chicago, the oldest of which – Kehillat Anshe Maarav – was founded in 1847.
  • Loop Synagogue
  • Adas Yeshurun[2]
  • Khal Chessed L'Avraham Zidichov-The Chicago Center [3]
  • Agudas Yisroel Warsaw Bikur Cholim[4]
  • Mekor Hachaim[5]
  • Chicago Chassidishe Kollel[6]
  • Bais Chaim Dovid[7]
  • Adas Bnei Yisroel[8]
  • Congregation Bnei Ruven[9]
  • Khal Ohr Yisocher Chodorov[10]
  • Congregation Beth Itzchok[11]

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Touro Synagogue (New Orleans)

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota
Main article: List of synagogues in Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada
  • Temple Emanu-El, Reno, Nevada, founded in 1922.
  • Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, Nevada, founded in 1931.

New Hampshire
  • Temple Adath Yeshurun of Manchester, founded in 1891, is the oldest congregation in New Hampshire.
  • Temple Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in New Hampshire, Portsmouth, 1910.

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma
Main article: List of synagogues in Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington
Main article: List of synagogues and Jewish congregations in Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin
Main article: List of synagogues in Wisconsin

Wyoming

Mt. Sinai Synagogue Cheyenne, Wyoming

By territory

Puerto Rico
  • Temple Beth Shalom, San Juan, PR

U.S. Virgin Islands
  • St. Thomas Synagogue, St. Thomas, VI

See also

References
  1. Synagogue architecture in America: faith, spirit & identity By Henry Stolzman, Daniel Stolzman
  2. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Congregation Adas Yeshurun Anshe Kaneses Israel".
  3. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Chesed l'Avrohom Nachlas David Congregation".
  4. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Agudath Israel Bikur Cholim Warsaw".
  5. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Beis Medrash Mikor Hachaim".
  6. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Chicago Chassidishe Kollel".
  7. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Bais Chaim Dovid".
  8. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Congregation Adas Bnei Yisroel".
  9. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Congregation Bnei Ruven".
  10. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Khal Ohr Yisocher Chodorov".
  11. "JUF : Guide to Jewish Living : Congregation Beth Itzchok".
  12. Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled "Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  13. Temple Emanuel celebrates 150 years
  14. https://templejudah.org/
  15. "National Register". Archived from the original on 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  16. http://www.congregationalbert.org/
  17. "ABQjournal: Congregation Albert City's Oldest". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  18. "Temple Beth El". Temple Beth El. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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