Congregation Achduth Vesholom | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Meir Bargeron |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46807 |
Country | United States |
Location in
Indiana | |
Geographic coordinates | 41°02′09″N 85°09′06″W / 41.035942°N 85.151559°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Style | Gothic Revival (1874) |
Date established | 1848 (as a congregation) |
Completed |
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Construction cost | $25,000 (1874) |
Website | |
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Congregation Achduth Vesholom ( transliterated from Hebrew as "Unity and Peace" [1] [2] [3]) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 5200 Old Mill Road in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the United States. [1] [4]
Achduth Vesholom is the oldest congregation in Indiana, formed on October 26, 1848 as a German Orthodox congregation, [1] [5] [2] [6] called "The Society for Visiting the Sick and Burying the Dead". [1] [7] The congregation worshiped initially in private homes. [8] [9]
In 1857, the synagogue purchased the former German Methodist Church building on Harrison Street for $1,200 ($39,000 today), which was dedicated as a synagogue. [2] [9] The first rabbi was Joseph Solomon, who served until 1859. [9] In 1861, the congregation adopted its current name. [1] [2]
On the corner of Harrison and Wayne Streets, the congregation built a Gothic Revival-style temple with seating for 800 people in 1874 at the cost of $25,000 ($673,000 today); [2] [9] and in the same year the congregation joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. [6] Samuel Hirshberg was rabbi from 1891 to 1895. [10]
The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets; [6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961. [2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick, [11] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020 as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader. [12]
Congregation Achduth Vesholom.
Congregation Achduth Vesholom.
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