Congregation Ahavath Chesed
Congregation Ahavath Chesed | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership |
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Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 8727 San Jose Boulevard,Jacksonville,Florida32217 |
Country | United States |
Location inFlorida | |
Geographic coordinates | 30°13′17″N81°36′57″W/ 30.221475°N 81.615742°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Date established | 1880(as a congregation) |
Completed |
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Destroyed |
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Website | |
thetemplejacksonville |
Congregation Ahavath Chesed,also calledThe Temple Jacksonville,or simply,The Temple,is aReformJewishcongregation andsynagoguelocated at 8727 San Jose Boulevard, inJacksonville,Florida,in the United States. It is one of the oldest Jewish congregation in Florida and one of the first formally incorporated.
History[edit]
Although Jews were already living in Florida in the late 18th century, the Jacksonville Hebrew Cemetery was established in 1857, one year afterTemple Beth-El in Pensacola,that is theoldest Jewish communal institutionin Florida.[1][2]
In 1867 the “Israelites of Jacksonville” formed a congregation. The congregation was primarily composed of Jews from Prussia andGermany.[3]For a number of years an organization called the Hebrew Benevolent Society also existed.[4]Congregation Ahavath Chesed was organized in 1880.[1]This congregation, led by Jacksonville's Jewish Mayor, Morris A. Dzialynski, received a legal charter in 1882.[4]
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The congregation hired Rabbi Marx Moses, and dedicated its first synagogue on September 8, 1882.[3]This building was destroyed by theGreat Fire of 1901and replaced by aNeoclassicalbuilding, completed in 1910.[5][6]This building has subsequently been demolished and the site is occupied as part of theFirst Baptist Church of Jacksonvilleand associated school, the First Baptist Academy.[7]
In 1927, the congregation purchased a residential building[8]designed byHenry KluthoinRiverside,at the corner of St. Johns Avenue and Mallory Street. After remodelling as a synagogue, that building was destroyed by a fire in 1940, with the subsequent loss of all of the congregation's records. The congregation rebuilt and eventually moved to its current location on San Jose Boulevard.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abAmerican Jewish Year Book.Jewish Publication Society of America,American Jewish Committee.1907. p. 150.
- ^"Florida".Cemetery Project.International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. n.d. Archived fromthe originalon June 7, 2011.RetrievedMarch 26,2009.
- ^ab"History".Temple Beth Israel.RetrievedMarch 26,2009.
- ^abOlitzky, Kerry M.;Raphael, Marc Lee (June 30, 1996).The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook.Greenwood Press.p. 99.ISBN0-313-28856-9.
- ^"New Temple Dedicated, Ahavath Chesed of Jacksonville (Fla.) Has Impressive Ceremonies".American Israelite.October 6, 1910.
- ^"Jacksonville, FL ~ Congregation B'nai Israel (1909)".Synagogues of the South.College of Charleston.2024.RetrievedJanuary 12,2024.
- ^Davis, Ennis (April 6, 2020)."First Baptist Church's historic demolition derby".The Jaxson Mag.RetrievedJanuary 12,2024.
- ^"Florida Community Absorbed in Congregation Activities".Jewish Telegraph Agency(Archive).February 21, 1928.RetrievedJanuary 12,2024.
- ^Wanser, Mary (July 13, 2023)."The Temple celebrates 140 years of deep roots in Jacksonville".Resident Community News.RetrievedJanuary 12,2024.
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