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Jewish Travel: Georgia and Kentucky
Atlanta
- Ahavath Achim
600 Peachtree
Battle Avenue
Atlanta, GA ______
History: Listed here
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Anshi S'fard
1324 North Highland Avenue
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone: (404) 874-4513
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Email:
History:
Hassidic synagogue which was established in 1913
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Beth Jacob
1855 LaVista Road, NE
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone: (404) 633-0551
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Email:
History:
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Concordia Hall, Jewish
Community Center
201 Mitchell Street SW
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone:
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Email:
History:
Listed here
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Or VeShalom
1681 North Druid Hills Road, NE
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone: (404) 633-1737-1661
History: Exiled Jews of Spain made their way to Atlanta and founded Or
VeShalom in 1913. At that time there was a membership of 57 families. The
congregation's first permanent Keilah was at Central and Woodward Avenues
where it remained from 1920 to 1948. As a result of continued growth, in
1948 a larger building was acquired on North Highland Avenue. The current
building on North Druid Hills Road, which has an award-winning design, was
dedicated in 1971 and rededicated in 1998.
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The Temple
1589 Peachtree Road NW
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone: (404) 873-1731
History: Listed here
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Temple Sinai Atlanta
5645 Dupree Drive, NW
Atlanta GA 30328
History: Temple Sinai was founded in 1968 as Atlanta’s first new
Reform congregation in over one hundred years
- The William
Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Atlanta
1440 Spring Street, N.W
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-2837
Phone: (404) 873-166
Fax:
(404) 874-7043
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum is open Monday through Thursday
from 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Friday from 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. and Sunday from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (except for major Jewish holidays). Group tours may be
pre-arranged for Sunday mornings. Regular admission will be $5 for adults, $3
for seniors (62 and over) and students, and free for children under six who are
accompanied by an adult. Group rates are available, and tour groups are welcome.
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum of the Atlanta Jewish Federation, the
largest museum of its kind in the Southeast, opened its doors to the public on
Sunday, June 30, 1996. The 17,000 square-foot museum interprets and explores
Jewish heritage with a special emphasis on the Atlanta Jewish experience.
Through
the exhibitions, programs and activities, the
Museum is a center of culture and education for Atlanta and the region. In the two core galleries of the museum, visitors can explore the history
of Atlanta's Jewish community since 1845, and encounter the Holocaust through
the stories of Atlantas Jews and their vivid depiction of the Nazis attempt at
total annihilation. A yearly calendar of special
temporary exhibitions in the Marlene J. and William A. Schwartz Gallery will
allow the Museum to explore Jewish heritage from many aspects and through varied
methods of expression.
- Southern Jewish Historical Society
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Young Israel of Toco Hills
Address
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone:
History:
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Zachor Holocaust Resource Center
1745 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA ______
Phone: (404) 783-1661
History:
Special notes: :Located on the
bottom of the Atlanta Jewish Community Center. Resource center is open
by appointment only.
Brunswick
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Temple Beth Tefilloh
1326 Egmont Street
Brunswick, GA 31520
Phone: (912) 265-7575
History: In 1886, David Glauber, a proponent of Jewish life, relocated to Glynn County and convened twenty-one Jewish men to form a congregation and build a house of worship. In 1888, a lot on Egmont Street was purchased and a building committee established. The temple, dedicated on November 7, 1890, was attended by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of Reform Judaism in America.
For more than a century, the members of Temple Beth Tefilloh -- House of Prayer — have been active in the community, living and working among non-Jews, but maintaining a sense of Jewish identity and pride. In the years ahead, we will continue to teach Torah to our children and show by example how a small number of dedicated people can keep the Jewish belief and tradition alive in a small corner of southern Georgia.
Special note: Rabbi Saul Rubin who once was a board member of SJHS
and who wrote about the Jews of Sevannah.
Savannah
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Agudath Achim
9 Lee Boulevard
Savannah, GA ______
Phone:
History:
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B'nai B'rith Jacob
Abercorn & Seventy-fourth streets
Savannah, GA ______
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History:
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Mickveh Israel plaque
Whaitaker Street, one block off Liberty Street
Savannah, GA ______
Phone: none
History: Plaque lists the place of Mickveh Israel's first
synagogue
- Mikveh Israel Plaque
See below
Savannah, GA ______
Phone: none
History: The first Jews landed in Savannah on July 11, ____. On
the 250th Anniversary of the arrival of the William & Sarah, a plaque
was placed in Rousakis Plaza. Directions: Neat the rear
lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 2 West Bay Street. Nearby is another
plaque noting where Ogelthorpe, a friend of the Jews, founded Georgia.
- Mikve Israel
20 East Gordon Street
Savannah, GA ______
Phone:
History: Museum of Mikve Israel is next door in the Mordecai
Sheftall Memorial Building
- Sheftall House
321 East York Street
Savannah, GA ______
Phone:
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Unitarian Church
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The Temple
20 East Gordon Street
Savannah, GA ______
Phone:
History: Listed here
Henderson
- Adas Israel Synagogue
Center St at Alves Street
Henderson, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Christ Corner Church
Lexington
- Maxwell St. Presbyterian Church
120-124 W Maxwell
Lexington, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Former Orthodox Synagogue. Special notes: Current name: Joe
Bologna Restuarant
Louisville
- Adath Israel Cemetery
2716 Preston Street
Louisville, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Temple Cemetery
- Adath Jeshurun Temple and School
747-757 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Unity Temple of Louisville
- Kenesth Israel Synagogue
232-236 West Jacob Street
Louisville, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Calvary Church
- Temple Adath Israel
834 South 3rd Street
Louisville, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: Greater Bethel Temple
Owensboro
- Temple Adath Israel
429 Daviess Street
Owensboro, KY ______
History: Listed here.
Special notes: Current name: unknown
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