Beth Israel Congregation (Jackson, Mississippi) (original) (raw)

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Beth Israel Congregation (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it has always been, and remains, the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. Beth Israel built the first synagogue in Mississippi in 1867, and, after it burned down, its 1874 replacement was at one time the oldest religious building in Jackson. Originally Orthodox, the congregation joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1874. After going through a series of rabbis, and periods without one, the congregation hired Meyer Lovitt as rabbi in 1929; he would remain until 1954. The congregation moved to a new building in 1941. Dr. Perry Nussbaum, Beth Israel's rabbi from 1954 to 1973, was active in the Civil Rights Movement. In 1967 the congregation moved to a new synagogue building, (its current one), and both the new building and Nussbaum's house were bombed by the Ku Klux Klan that year. In 2003, Valerie Cohen became the congregation's first female rabbi. As of 2018, the rabbi was Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner. With a growing membership of over 200 families, Beth Israel was the largest Jewish congregation in the state. (en)

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East Woodrow Wilson Ave: 1941 (en)
Old Canton Road: 1967 (en)
South State and South: 1867 (en)
South State and South: 1875 (en)

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Beth Israel Congregation (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it has always been, and remains, the only Jewish synagogue in Jackson. Beth Israel built the first synagogue in Mississippi in 1867, and, after it burned down, its 1874 replacement was at one time the oldest religious building in Jackson. As of 2018, the rabbi was Jeffrey Kurtz-Lendner. With a growing membership of over 200 families, Beth Israel was the largest Jewish congregation in the state. (en)

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