List of synagogues in the United States explained
This is a list of notable synagogues in the United States.
By state
Alabama
Former synagogues
Arizona
Former synagogues
- Temple Beth Israel, Phoenix (former: 19211949, now museum)[1]
- Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, located in the oldest synagogue in the state
Arkansas
Former synagogue
California
See also: List of Chabad houses in California.
- Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley
- Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Berkeley
- Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame
- Congregation B'nai Israel, Daly City
- Temple Beth Israel, Fresno
- Temple Ahavat Shalom Northridge, Los Angeles
- Congregation Beth Am, Los Angeles
- Beth Chayim Chadashim, Los Angeles
- Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
- Beth Jacob Congregation, Los Angeles
- Temple Emanuel, Los Angeles
- Temple Israel of Hollywood, Los Angeles
- IKAR, Los Angeles
- Kehillat Israel, Los Angeles
- Pacific Jewish Center, Los Angeles
- Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles
- Sinai Temple, Los Angeles
- Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, Los Angeles
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles
- Stephen Wise Temple, Los Angeles
Former synagogues
Colorado
Connecticut
- Congregation B'nai Israel, Bridgeport
- Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester
- Congregation Knesseth Israel, Ellington
- Congregation Ahavath Achim, Fairfield
- Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden
- Congregation Beth Israel, Hartford (West)
- Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, Milford
- Tephereth Israel Synagogue, New Britain
- Beth Israel Synagogue, New Haven
- Congregation Agudath Sholom, Stamford
- Temple Israel, Westport
- Congregation B'nai Jacob, Woodbridge
Former synagogues
- Bikur Cholim Synagogue, Bridgeport
- Ein Jacob (Ayn Yacob) Synagogue, Bridgeport
- Temple Beth Israel, Danielson
- Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Hartford
- Temple Beth Israel, Hartford
- Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue, Hartford
- Mather Homestead, Hartford
- Anshei Israel Synagogue, Lisbon
- Temple B'Nai Israel, New Britain
- Ahavas Sholem Synagogue, New Haven
- Ohev Sholem Synagogue, New London
- Beth Israel Synagogue, Norwalk
- Beth El Synagogue, Waterbury
District of Columbia
Florida
Former synagogues
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Moses Montefiore Congregation, Bloomington
- Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago
- Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel, Chicago
- Beth Shalom, Chicago
- Emanuel Congregation, Chicago
- KAM Isaiah Israel, Chicago
- Loop Synagogue, Chicago
- Makom Solel Lakeside, Chicago
- Mishkan, Chicago
- North Shore Congregation Israel, Chicago
- North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Chicago
- Temple Sholom, Chicago
- Sinai Conregation, Chicago
- Tzedek, Chicago
- Jewish Community Center, Mattoon
- Congregation Anshai Emeth, Peoria
Former synagogues
Indiana
Former synagogues
Iowa
Former synagogues
Kansas
Kentucky
Former synagogues
Louisiana
Former synagogues
Maine
Maryland
- Naval Academy Jewish Chapel, Annapolis
- B'nai Israel Synagogue, Baltimore
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, Baltimore
- Beth Am, Reservoir Hill, Baltimore
- Congregation Shearith Israel, Baltimore
- Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Baltimore
- Congregation Tiferes Yisroel, Baltimore
- Congregation Beth El, Bethesda
- Bethesda Jewish Congregation, Bethesda
- Beth Shalom Congregation, Columbia
- B'er Chayim Temple, Cumberland
- Temple B'Nai Israel, Easton
- Beth Sholom Congregation, Frederick
- Congregation Kol Ami of Frederick, Frederick
- Chabad of Silver Spring, Kemp Mill
- Kehillas Ohr Hatorah, Kemp Mill
- Kemp Mill Synagogue, Kemp Mill
- Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Kemp Mill
- Young Israel Shomrai Emunah, Kemp Mill
- Temple Emanuel, Kensington
- Oseh Shalom Synagogue, Laurel
- Magen David Sephardic Congregation, North Bethesda
- Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah Congregation of Olney, Olney
- Beth El Congregation, Pikesville
- Beth Tfiloh Congregation, Pikesville
- Har Sinai – Oheb Shalom Congregation, Pikesville
- Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah, Potomac
- Magen David Sephardic Congregation, Rockville
- B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville
- Beth Israel Congregation, Salisbury
Former synagogues
Massachusetts
- Temple Israel, Boston
- Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline
- Kahal B'raira, Cambridge
- Congregation Agudath Shalom, Chelsea
- Congregation Beth Israel, Malden
- Adams Street Shul, Newton
- Shaarei Tefillah, Newton
- Congregation Beth Israel, North Adams
- Congregation Beth Israel, Onset
- Temple Anshe Amunim, Pittsfield
- Sinai Temple, Springfield
- Ahavath Torah, Stoughton
Former synagogues
Michigan
- Temple Beth El, Alpena
- Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, that worships in the Churchagogue
- Beth Israel Congregation, Ann Arbor
- Temple Beth El, Detroit
- Birmingham Temple, Detroit
- Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Detroit
- Temple Emanuel, Grand Rapids
- Temple Jacob, Hancock
- Temple Beth Israel, Jackson
- Temple Beth Sholom, Marquette
- Temple Israel, West Bloomfield
Former synagogues
Minnesota
See main article: List of synagogues in Minnesota.
Former synagogues
Mississippi
Former synagogues
Missouri
Former synagogues
Montana
Former synagogues
Nebraska
Former synagogues
New Jersey
- Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill
- Congregation Kol Ami, Cherry Hill
- Synagogue of Deal, Deal
- Beth Hillel Synagogue, Deerville
- Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood
- Barnert Temple, Franklin Lakes
- Agudath Achim, Freehold
- Congregation Etz Ahaim Sephardic, Highland Park
- United Synagogue of Hoboken, Hoboken
- Temple Beth-El, Jersey City
- Adas Emuno Congregation, Leonia
- Temple B'Nai Abraham, Livingston
- Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan
- Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro
- Congregation B'nai Israel, Millburn
- Temple Beth Hillel Beth Abraham, Millville
- Morristown Jewish Center, Morristown
- Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel, Ridgewood
- Rosenhayn Synagogue, Rosenhayn
- Oheb Shalom Congregation, South Orange
- Congregation Beth El, Voorhees
Former synagogues
New Mexico
New York
- In the Bronx
- In Brooklyn
- Magen David Synagogue, Bensonhurst
- Chevra Anshei Lubawitz, Borough Park
- Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Borough Park
- Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, Borough Park
- Kane Street Synagogue (Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes), Cobble Hill
- 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights
- Chevra Ahavas Yisroel, Crown Heights
- Congregation Kol Israel, Crown Heights
- Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush, Flatbush
- Khal Hisachdus Yirieim Veretzky, Flatbush
- Congregation Shaare Zion, Gravesend
- Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, Homecrest
- Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, Kensington
- Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, Manhattan Beach
- B'nai Yosef Synagogue, Mapleton
- East Midwood Jewish Center, Midwood
- Kingsway Jewish Center, Midwood
- Sephardic Center of Mill Basin, Mill Basin
- Congregation Beth Elohim, Park Slope
- Congregation Kolot Chayeinu, Park Slope
- Park Slope Jewish Center, Park Slope
- Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom, Williamsburg
- Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Hooper Street, Williamsburg
- Yetev Lev D'Satmar, Rodney Street, Williamsburg
- On Long Island
- Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Beach
- Jewish Center of the Hamptons, East Hampton
- East Meadow Jewish Center, East Meadow
- North Country Reform Temple, Glen Cove
- Temple Beth-El, Great Neck
- Congregation Tifereth Israel, Greenport
- Jericho Jewish Center, Jericho
- Temple Emanu-El, Long Beach
- Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Plandome
- Temple Beth Israel, Port Washington
- Temple Adas Israel, Sag Harbor
- Congregation Aish Kodesh, Woodmere
- In Manhattan
- Meserich Synagogue, East Village
- Sixth Street Community Synagogue, East Village
- Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center, Garment District
- Millinery Center Synagogue, Garment District
- Old Broadway Synagogue, Harlem
- The Actors' Temple, Hell's Kitchen
- Fort Tryon Jewish Center, Hudson Heights
- Lincoln Square Synagogue, Lincoln Square
- Bialystoker Synagogue, Lower East Side
- City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Lower East Side
- Congregation Chasam Sopher, Lower East Side
- Eldridge Street Synagogue, Lower East Side
- Kehila Kedosha Janina, Lower East Side
- The Shul of New York, Lower East Side
- Stanton Street Synagogue, Lower East Side
- Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El, Lower East Side
- Lab/Shul, Lower West Side
- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Midtown
- Central Synagogue, Midtown
- Sutton Place Synagogue, Midtown
- TriBeCa Synagogue, Tribeca
- Congregation Emanu-El of New York
- Fifth Avenue Synagogue, Upper East Side
- Temple Israel of the City of New York, Upper East Side
- Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Upper East Side
- Congregation Or Zarua, Upper East Side
- Park Avenue Synagogue, Upper East Side
- Park East Synagogue, Upper East Side
- Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, Upper East Side
- Temple Shaaray Tefila, Upper East Side
- Temple of Universal Judaism, Upper East Side
- Ansche Chesed, Upper West Side
- B'nai Jeshurun, Upper West Side
- Congregation Habonim, Upper West Side
- Jewish Center, Upper West Side
- Kol Zimrah, Upper West Side
- Ohab Zedek, Upper West Side
- Ramath Orah, Upper West Side
- Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Upper West Side
- Romemu, Upper West Side
- Congregation Shaare Zedek, Upper West Side
- Congregation Shearith Israel, Upper West Side
- Society for the Advancement of Judaism, Upper West Side
- Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Upper West Side
- Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights, Washington Heights
- K'hal Adath Jeshurun, Washington Heights
- Mount Sinai Jewish Center, Washington Heights
- In Queens
- Elsewhere in New York (state)
- Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany
- Beth David Synagogue, Amenia
- Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo
- Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Chappaqua
- Congregation Beth Shalom, Clifton Park
- Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, Fleischmanns
- Hunter Synagogue, Hunter
- Jericho Jewish Center, Jericho
- Kerhonkson Synagogue, Kerhonkson
- Agudas Achim Synagogue, Livingston Manor
- Loch Sheldrake Synagogue, Loch Sheldrake
- Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, Monticello
- Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue, Mountaindale
- Eaton Family Residence-Jewish Center of Norwich
- Temple Beth Israel, Plattsburgh
- Temple Beth Tzedek, Amherst
- Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel, Port Chester
- Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester
- Temple Emanu-El, Staten Island
- Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue, Sullivan County
- Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel Synagogue, Swan Lake
- Temple Society of Concord, Syracuse
- Congregation Berith Sholom, Troy
- Beth Joseph Synagogue, Tupper Lake
- Spring Glen Synagogue, Wawarsing
- Ulster Heights Synagogue, Wawarsing
- West Point Jewish Chapel, West Point (military academy)
- Temple Israel Center, White Plains
- B'nai Israel Synagogue, Woodbourne
- Ohave Shalom Synagogue, Woodridge
- Lincoln Park Jewish Center, Yonkers
Former synagogues
- Congregation Beth Emeth (former building), Albany, now Wilborn Temple First Church of God in Christ
- Temple of Israel, Amsterdam
- Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, the Bronx
- Mosholu Jewish Center, the Bronx
- Shaari Zedek Synagogue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
- Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
- Congregation Beth Israel, East Flatbush, Brooklyn
- Jewish Center of Kings Highway, Midwood, Brooklyn
- Young Israel of Flatbush, Midwood, Brooklyn
- Union Temple of Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
- Jewish Center of Lake Huntington, Cochecton
- Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue, Glen Wild
- Temple Beth-El, Hornell
- Adath Jeshurun of Jassy Synagogue, Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Beth Hamedrash Hagodol, Lower East Side, Manhattan
- First Roumanian-American Congregation, Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Podhajcer Shul, Lower West Side, Manhattan
- Soho Synagogue, Soho, Manhattan
- Temple Beth-El (New York City), Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868), Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, Monticello
- Temple Beith Israel, Niagara Falls
- Temple B'Nai Israel, Olean
- Tefereth Israel Anshei Parksville Synagogue, Parkville
- Temple Beth El, Poughkeepsie, now Poughkeepsie Meeting House
- Congregation Ahavas Achim Anshi Austria, Rochester
- Leopold Street Shule, Rochester
- Temple of Israel Synagogue, Rockaway Beach
- South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue, South Fallsburg
- Temple Beth El, Syracuse
- Temple Beth-El, Tonawanda, now St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church
- Jewish Community Center of White Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Springs
North Carolina
Former synagogues
North Dakota
Ohio
- Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Beachwood
- Temple Tifereth-Israel, Beachwood
- Congregation Agudas Achim, Bexley
- Golf Manor Synagogue, Cincinnati
- Isaac M. Wise Temple, Cincinnati
- Rockdale Temple, Cincinnati
- Oheb Zedek Cedar Sinai Synagogue, Cleveland
- Park Synagogue, Pepper Pike
- Temple Israel, Columbus
- Temple Israel, Dayton
- Beth Israel Synagogue, Hamilton
- Congregation Beth Adam, Loveland
- Congregation B'nai Israel, Toledo
Former synagogues
Oklahoma
See main article: List of synagogues in Oklahoma.
- The Synagogue | Congregation B'nai Emunah, Tulsa
- Emanuel Synagogue, Oklahoma City
- Chabad Tulsa, Tulsa
- Chabad OKC, Oklahoma City
- Hillels of Oklahoma, Norman
- Temple B'nai Israel, Oklahoma City
- Temple Israel, Tulsa
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Congregation B'nai Shalom, Easton
- Temple Anshe Hesed, Erie
- Beth Shalom Congregation, Elkins Park
- Kesher Israel Congregation, Harrisburg
- Temple Ohev Sholom, Harrisburg
- Congregation Beth Israel, Honesdale
- Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
- Congregation Beth Or, Maple Glen
- Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line, Merion
- B'nai Jacob Synagogue, Middletown
- Beit Harambam Congregation, Philadelphia
- Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia
- Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham, Philadelphia
- Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue, Philadelphia
- Germantown Jewish Centre, Philadelphia
- Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Philadelphia
- Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia
- Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia
- Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel, Philadelphia
- Society Hill Synagogue, Philadelphia
- South Philadelphia Shtiebel, Philadelphia
- Vilna Congregation, Philadelphia
- YPC Shari-Eli (Philadelphia), Philadelphia
- Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh
- Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation, Pittsburgh
- Kesher Zion, Reading
- Beth Israel Congregation, Washington
- Temple Beth Israel, York
Former synagogues
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Former synagogues
Tennessee
Texas
- Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin
- Congregation Beth Israel, Austin
- Temple Emanuel, Beaumont
- B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Brenham
- Temple Emanu-El, Dallas
- Congregation Beth Jacob, Galveston
- Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston
- Congregation Beth Israel, Houston
- Congregation Beth Yeshurun, Houston
- Temple Sinai, Houston
- Temple Beth-El, San Antonio
Former synagogues
Utah
Former synagogues
Vermont
Virginia
- Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria
- Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria
- Congregation Beth Israel, Charlottesville
- Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church
- Temple Sinai, Newport News
- Commodore Levy Chapel, Norfolk
- Congregation Beth Ahabah, Richmond
- Congregation Kol Emes, Richmond
- Beth Israel Synagogue, Roanoke
- Temple House of Israel, Staunton
- Beth El Congregation, Winchester
Former synagogues
Washington
See main article: List of synagogues and Jewish congregations in Washington.
Former synagogues
West Virginia
Wisconsin
See main article: List of synagogues in Wisconsin.
Former synagogues
Wyoming
See also
Notes and References
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- News: One last packed house at Meir Chayim in McGehee . Southern Jewish Life . July 22, 2016 . January 16, 2024 .
- Book: Synagogue architecture in America: faith, spirit & identity . Stolzman, Henry . Stolzman, Daniel . March 10, 2024 . . 131 . Images. 978-1-86470-074-9.
- Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled Web site: Oldest Synagogue in Indiana Celebrates 100th Anniversary; Special Sermons Scheduled . 2013-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419044144/http://archive.jta.org/article/1948/02/27/3013204/oldest-synagogue-in-indiana-celebrates-100th-anniversary-special-sermons-scheduled . 2013-04-19 .
- News: Cox Baker, Deidre . Temple Emanuel celebrates 150 years . Quad-City Times . April 14, 2011 . February 14, 2024 . subscription .
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