List of synagogues in the United States

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

By state

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

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.

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

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

New Hampshire

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
  • B'nai Abraham Synagogue (Brenham, Texas), founded in 1885.
  • The 1870 building of Congregation B'nai Israel (Galveston, Texas), is the oldest synagogue building.
  • Temple Beth Israel (Houston, Texas), founded in 1854, is the oldest congregation in the state.
  • Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Texas) is one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the world.
  • Temple Sinai (Houston, Texas), was the first Reform Synagogue to be established in West Houston.

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

By territory

American Samoa

Guam

Northern Mariana Islands

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. Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Temple Emanuel celebrates 150 years
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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