# Mount Zion Temple

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Zion_Temple
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Zion_Temple.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Zion_Temple
> Source revision: 1350397802
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Reform synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Mount Zion Temple Mount Zion Temple, in 2017 Religion Affiliation Reform Judaism Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue Leadership Rabbi Adam Spilker Rabbi Esther Adler Status Active Location Location 1300 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55105 Country United States Location in St. Paul, Minnesota Coordinates 44°56′27″N 93°9′19″W / 44.94083°N 93.15528°W / 44.94083; -93.15528 Architecture Architect Erich Mendelsohn Type Synagogue General contractor Naugle-Leck[1] Established 1856 (as a congregation) Completed 1871 (10th and Minnesota Sts.) 1900 (Holly and Avon Sts.) 1954 (Summit Ave.) Website mzion.org

**Mount Zion Temple** is a [Reform](/source/Reform_Judaism) [synagogue](/source/Synagogue) in [St. Paul](/source/St._Paul%2C_Minnesota), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), United States. It is the [oldest Jewish congregation](/source/Oldest_synagogues_in_the_United_States) in the state, founded in 1856 as **Mount Zion Hebrew Association** in [Minnesota Territory](/source/Minnesota_Territory). Its architecturally significant [mid-century modern](/source/Mid-century_modern) building is located on [Summit Avenue](/source/Summit_Avenue_(St._Paul)).

## History

Founded in 1856 by eight [German-Jewish](/source/History_of_Jews_in_Germany) families, Mount Zion Hebrew Association (as it was then called) was the first Jewish congregation in Minnesota. Through the 1860s the congregation met in rented rooms around St. Paul before their first building was completed in 1871, located at East Tenth Street and Minnesota Street in the Lowertown district.[2] Early on the congregation was divided by a group called Ahabath Ahim,[a] which branched off then returned.[3] Rabbi Leopold Wintner began as Mount Zion's first and Minnesota's first [rabbi](/source/Rabbi) in 1871; the same year that the congregation built the first synagogue in the state;[4] and founded the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society, members of which organized Neighborhood House to serve immigrants in the community.[5] The rabbis and congregants of Mount Zion are still board members of Neighborhood House.[6] In 1878, Mount Zion congregation joined the Reform Movement.

Emanuel Hess, who had been born in Meerholz, Germany in 1845, became rabbi in 1888.[7] He had previously served as rabbi of [Temple Israel](/source/Temple_Israel_(Columbus%2C_Ohio)) of Columbus, Ohio in 1876–1877,[8] and then Congregation B'nai Zion in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he served until 1888. Hess was rabbi of Mount Zion until his death in 1906.[7]

In the 1940s the congregation participated in recreations such as "The Jewish Home Beautiful" which shared traditions of daily life.[9] In 1948, began the leadership of Rabbi [Gunther Plaut](/source/Gunther_Plaut), who published books on the congregation's history[10] and on the [Jewish history](/source/Jewish_history) of Minnesota.

In the 1950s, the congregation chose the prominent avant-garde architect [Erich Mendelsohn](/source/Erich_Mendelsohn) to design a building for them on a hill on Summit Avenue. After projects in Europe, the Soviet Union, Israel, and America, this was his final building, breaking ground in 1952 and completed after his death in 1953.[11][1] Completed in late 1954, the farewell service in the old temple building at Avon St & Holly Ave took place on Friday, December 17, 1954, with dedication of the new building on Sunday, December 19, 1954, installing the [Torah](/source/Torah) scrolls and lighting an "eternal light" on the altar of the main sanctuary—intended to burn continuously; Rabbi [Gunther Plaut](/source/Gunther_Plaut) stated it was the first such continuously burning light in the United States.[12]

In 2002, the Mount Zion Temple was part of a radio program that detailed their restoration of Torah scrolls.[13] In 2007, 690 families were members of the congregation.[14] As of 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Zion_Temple&action=edit) the rabbis were Adam Stock Spilker, Esther Adler, and Heather Renetzky. The [cantors](/source/Hazzan) were Rachel Stock Spilker and Jen Strauss-Klein.[15]

## Gallery

		- Main sanctuary

		- Sanctuary in 1954, before modifications to bimah

		- Harris Chapel

		- The first Mount Zion Temple, in 1875

		- The building and grounds, in 2017

		- The Torah ark

## See also

- [List of synagogues in Minnesota](/source/List_of_synagogues_in_Minnesota)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): אהבת אחים, [lit.](/source/Literal_translation) 'Brotherly Love'

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Docomomo_US_MN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Docomomo_US_MN_1-1) [Minnesota Modern Registry](https://www.docomomo-us-mn.org/modern-registry.html), Docomomo US MN, accessed December 6, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mount Zion Temple records"](http://purl.umn.edu/180451). *Upper Midwest Jewish Archives*. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Olitzky1996p189-191_4-0)** [Olitzky, Kerry M.](/source/Kerry_Olitzky); Raphael, Marc Lee. *The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook*, [Greenwood Press](/source/Greenwood_Publishing_Group), June 30, 1996, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-313-28856-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-28856-2), pp. 189–191.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rosenblum, Gene H. *Jewish Pioneers of St. Paul, 1849–1874* [Arcadia Publishing](/source/Arcadia_Publishing), 2001, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7385-1862-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7385-1862-X), p. 79.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Berman, Hyman; Mack Schloff, Linda. *Jews in Minnesota*, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87351-418-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87351-418-1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Rosenblum, Gene. *The Lost Jewish Community of the West Side Flats, 1882–1962*, [Arcadia Publishing](/source/Arcadia_Publishing), 2002, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7385-1986-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7385-1986-3), pp. 59–60.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Brock2003p35_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Brock2003p35_8-1) Brock, Eric J. *The Jewish Community of Shreveport*, [Arcadia Publishing](/source/Arcadia_Publishing), 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7385-1488-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7385-1488-8), p. 35.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Olitzky1996p290_9-0)** [Olitzky, Kerry M.](/source/Kerry_Olitzky); Raphael, Marc Lee. *The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook*, [Greenwood Press](/source/Greenwood_Publishing_Group), 1996, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-313-28856-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-28856-2), p. 290.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Sarna, Jonathan D.](/source/Jonathan_D._Sarna) *American Judaism: A History*, [Yale University Press](/source/Yale_University_Press), 2005, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-300-10976-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-10976-8), pp. 269–270.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Plaut, W. Gunther](/source/Gunther_Plaut). *Mount Zion, 1856–1956: The First Hundred Years,* North Central Pub. Co., 1956.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Kidder Smith, George Everard. *Source Book of American Architecture: 500 Notable Buildings from the 10th Century to the Present*, [Princeton Architectural Press](/source/Princeton_Architectural_Press), 1996, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-56898-025-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56898-025-6), p. 409.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MT12181954_13-0)** "Mount Zion Temple to Be Dedicated," *The Minneapolis Star*, December 18, 1954.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Friend, Beth. ["Torah Restoration'"](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143578), *[National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio)*, 18 May 2002.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Roberts, Kate. *Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things That Shape Our State*, Minnesota Historical Society, 2007, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-87351-594-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87351-594-3), p. 128.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Clergy/Staff"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250502233337/https://mzion.org/about/clergy-and-staff/). *Mount Zion Temple*. Archived from [the original](https://mzion.org/about/clergy-and-staff/) on May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2025.[*[self-published source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources)*]

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.mzion.org/)

- Finding aid to the [Mount Zion Temple records](http://purl.umn.edu/180451) at the [Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries](https://www.lib.umn.edu/umja).

## Further reading

- Wark, M. A. B., Melamed, N., Ross, H. C., Kelberg, F., & Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation (Saint Paul, Minn.). (2009). *[Mount Zion Temple 150th anniversary commemorative book: 2006-2007/5766-5767](http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457179984)*. Saint Paul, MN: Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation.

v t e Synagogues in the United States By state Alabama Beth-El (Anniston) Knesseth Israel (Birmingham) Beth-El (Birmingham) Emanu-El (Birmingham) B'nai Sholom (Huntsville) Sha’arai Shomayim (Mobile) Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem (Montgomery) Beth Or (Montgomery) Alaska Arizona Beth Israel (Scottsdale) Emanuel (Tempe) Kol Ami (Tucson) Arkansas Shalom (Fayetteville) California Los Angeles Stephen Wise Temple (Bel Air) Beth Jacob (Beverly Hills) Emanuel (Beverly Hills) Valley Beth Shalom (Encino) Beth Israel (Highland Park & Eagle Rock) Temple Israel (Hollywood) Beth Am IKAR (LA) Wilshire Boulevard (LA) Beth Chayim Chadashim (Mid City) Ahavat Shalom (Northridge) Kehillat Israel (Pacific Palisades) Ner Tamid (Rancho Palos Verdes) Jewish Temple and Center (Pasadena) Pacific Jewish Center (Venice) Sephardic Temple (Westwood) Sinai Temple (Westwood) Bay Area Beth Israel (Berkeley) Beyt Tikkun (Berkeley) Peninsula Temple Sholom (Burlingame) B'nai Israel (Daly City) Beth Am (Los Altos Hills) Kehilla Community (Oakland) Temple Sinai (Oakland) Am Tikvah (San Francisco) Beth Sholom (San Francisco) Emanu-El (San Francisco) House of Love and Prayer (San Francisco) The Kitchen (San Francisco) Sherith Israel (San Francisco) Rodef Sholom (San Rafael) Kol Shofar (Tiburon) Beth Israel (Fresno) Chabad (Poway) B'nai Israel (Sacramento) Beth Israel (San Diego) Temple Israel (Stockton) Colorado Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph (Denver) Temple Emanuel (Denver) Temple Sinai (Denver) Temple Emanuel (Pueblo) Temple Aaron (Trinidad) Connecticut B'nai Israel (Bridgeport) Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek (Chester) Knesseth Israel (Ellington) Ahavath Achim (Fairfield) Mishkan Israel (Hamden) Beth Israel (Hartford West) Tephereth Israel (New Britain) Beth Israel (New Haven) Agudath Sholom (Stamford) Israel (Westport) B'nai Jacob (Woodbridge) Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont Delaware District of Columbia Adas Israel Bet Mishpachah DC Minyan Kesher Israel Machar Ohev Sholom Rosh Pina Sixth & I Temple Micah Washington Hebrew Florida Ahavath Chesed (Jacksonville) Bal Harbour (Surfside) Bet Shira (Miami) Edmond J. Safra (Miami) Beth Sholom (Miami Beach) Cuban Hebrew (Miami Beach) Emanu-El (Palm Beach) New (Palm Beach) Beth-El (Pensacola) Georgia Beth Jacob (Atlanta) Shearith Israel (Atlanta) Temple (Atlanta) B'nai Israel (Augusta) Beth Israel (Macon) B'nai Torah (Sandy Springs) Mickve Israel (Savannah) Hawaii Aloha Jewish Chapel (Pearl Harbor) Emanu-El (Honolulu) Idaho Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise) Illinois Chicagoland Anshe Emet Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Beth Shalom Emanuel Congregation KAM Isaiah Israel Loop Synagogue Makom Solel Lakeside Mishkan North Shore Congregation Israel Beth El (Highland Park) Temple Sholom Sinai Tzedek Moses Montefiore (Bloomington) Jewish Community Center (Mattoon) Anshai Emeth (Peoria) Indiana Achduth Vesholom (Fort Wayne) Indianapolis Hebrew Iowa B'nai Israel (Council Bluffs) Beit Shalom (Davenport) United Orthodox (Sioux City) Kansas Beth Israel Abraham Voliner (Kansas City) B'nai Jehudah (Overland Park) Kentucky Adath Israel Brith Sholom (Louisville) Anshei Sfard (Louisville) Keneseth Israel (Louisville) Adath Israel (Owensboro) Temple Israel (Paducah) Louisiana B'nai Israel (Alexandria) Gemiluth Chassodim (Alexandria) Anshe Sfard (New Orleans) Beth Israel (New Orleans) Sinai (New Orleans) Touro (New Orleans) B'Nai Zion (Shreveport) Maine Beth Israel (Bangor) Etz Chaim (Portland) Shaarey Tphiloh (Portland) Maryland Baltimore B'nai Israel Hebrew Beth Am Shearith Israel Shomrei Emunah Tiferes Yisroel Naval Academy (Annapolis) Beth El (Bethesda) Bethesda Jewish Congregation Beth Shalom (Columbia) B'er Chayim (Cumberland) B'Nai Israel (Easton) Beth Sholom (Frederick) Kol Ami (Frederick) Emanuel (Kensington) Oseh Shalom (Laurel) Magen David Sephardic (North Bethesda) Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah (Olney) Beth El (Pikesville) Beth Tfiloh (Pikesville) Har Sinai – Oheb Shalom (Pikesville) Beth Sholom and Talmud Torah (Potomac) Beth Israel (Salisbury) Young Israel Shomrai Emunah (Silver Spring) B'nai Israel (Rockville) Massachusetts Temple Israel (Boston) Ohabei Shalom (Brookline) Kahal B'raira (Cambridge) Agudath Shalom (Chelsea) Beth Israel (Malden) Adams Street (Newton) Shaarei Tefillah (Newton) Beth Israel (North Adams) Beth Israel (Onset) Anshe Amunim (Pittsfield) Sinai Temple (Springfield) Ahavath Torah (Stoughton) Beth Israel (Worcester) Emanuel Sinai (Worcester) Michigan Beth El (Alpena) Beth Emeth (Ann Arbor) Beth Israel (Ann Arbor) Beth El (Detroit) Birmingham Temple (Detroit) Isaac Agree Downtown (Detroit) Temple Emanuel (Grand Rapids) Temple Jacob (Hancock) Beth Sholom (Marquette) Beth Israel (Jackson) Temple Israel (West Bloomfield) Minnesota Beth Jacob (Mendota Heights) Temple Israel (Minneapolis) Adath Jeshurun (Minnetonka) Beth El (St Louis Park) Mount Zion (St Paul) Or Emet (St Paul) Mississippi Adath Israel (Cleveland) Beth Israel (Jackson) Beth Israel (Meridian) B'nai Israel (Tupelo) Missouri United Hebrew (Chesterfield) B'nai Amoona (Creve Coeur) Shaare Emeth (Creve Coeur) Temple Israel (Creve Coeur) Beth El (Jefferson City) Montana Nebraska B'nai Jeshurun / South Street (Lincoln) Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey Beth Sholom (Cherry Hill) Kol Ami (Cherry Hill) Synagogue of Deal Beth Hillel (Deerville) Ahavath Torah (Englewood) Barnert (Franklin Lakes) Agudath Achim (Freehold) Etz Ahaim Sephardic (Highland Park) United Synagogue of Hoboken Beth-El (Jersey City) Adas Emuno (Leonia) B'Nai Abraham (Livingston) Shaari Emeth (Manalapan) Marlboro Jewish Center B'nai Israel (Millburn) Beth Hillel Beth Abraham (Millville) Morristown Jewish Center Beth Israel (Ridgewood) Rosenhayn Synagogue Oheb Shalom (South Orange) Beth El (Voorhees) New Mexico Albert (Albuquerque) B'nai Israel (Albuquerque) New York The Bronx Adath Israel Hebrew Institute Riverdale Center Riverdale Temple Brooklyn Magen David (Bensonhurst) Chevra Anshei Lubawitz (Borough Park) Shomrei Emunah (Borough Park) Young Israel Beth El (Borough Park) Kane Street/Baith Israel Anshei Emes (Cobble Hill) 770 (Crown Heights) CAY (Crown Heights) Kol Israel (Crown Heights) Beth El (Flatbush) Khal Hisachdus Yirieim Veretzky (Flatbush) Shaare Zion (Gravesend) Edmond J. Safra (Homecrest) Ocean Parkway (Kensington) Manhattan Beach Jewish Center B'nai Yosef (Mapleton) East Midwood (Midwood) Kingsway Center (Midwood) Sephardic Center (Mills Basin) Beth Elohim (Park Slope) Kolot Chayeinu (Park Slope) Park Slope (Park Slope) Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom (Williamsburg) Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Hooper St, Williamsburg) Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney St, Williamsburg) Long Island Jewish Center (Atlantic Beach) Jewish Center (East Hampton) East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center North Country Reform (Glen Cove) Beth-El (Great Neck) Tifereth Israel (Greenport) Jericho Jewish Center Emanu-El (Long Beach) RSNS (Plandome) Beth Israel (Port Washington) Adas Israel (Sag Harbor) Aish Kodesh (Woodmere) Manhattan Altneu Sixth Street (East Village) Meserich (East Village) Beth Israel (Garment District) Millinery Center (Garment District) Old Broadway (Harlem) Actor's Temple (Hells Kitchen) Fort Tryon (Hudson Heights) Lincoln Square (Lincoln Square) Bialystoker (Lower East Side) City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (Lower East Side) Chasam Sopher (Lower E. Side) Eldridge Street (Lower E. Side) Kehila Kedosha Janina (Lower E. Side) Shul of New York (Lower E. Side) Stanton Street (Lower East) Talmud Torah Adereth El (Midtown East) Lab/Shul (Lower W. Side) Beit Simchat Torah (Midtown) Central Synagogue (Midtown) Sutton Place (Midtown) TriBeCa Synagogue (Tribeca) Temple Emanu-El (Upper E. Side) Fifth Avenue (Upper E. Side) Temple Israel (Upper E. Side) Kehilath Jeshurun (Upper E. Side) Or Zarua (Upper E. Side) Park Avenue (Upper E. Side) Park East (Upper E. Side) Edmond J. Safra (Upper E. Side) Shaaray Tefila (Upper E. Side) TUJ (Upper E. Side) Ansche Chesed (Upper W. Side) B'nai Jeshurun (Upper W. Side) Habonim (Upper W. Side) Jewish Center (Upper W. Side) Kol Zimrah (Upper W. Side) Ohab Zedek (Upper W. Side) Ramath Orah (Upper W. Side) Rodeph Sholom (Upper W. Side) Romemu (Upper W. Side) Shaare Zedek (Upper W. Side) Shearith Israel (Upper W. Side) SAJ (Upper W. Side) Stephen Wise (Upper W. Side) Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights K'hal Adath Jeshurun (Washington Hts.) Mount Sinai (Washington Hts.) Queens Center of Israel (Astoria) Etz Hayim (Bayside) Tifereth Israel (Corona) Free Synagogue of Flushing Georgian Jews (Forest Hills) Queens Center (Forest Hills) Rego Park (Rego Park) Beth Emeth (Albany) Beth David (Amenia) Beth Zion (Buffalo) Beth El (Chappaqua) Beth Shalom (Clifton Park) B'nai Israel (Fleischmanns) Hunter (Hunter) Kerhonkson Synagogue (Kerhonkson) Loch Sheldrake Synagogue Agudas Achim (Livingston Manor) Hebrew Congregation (Mountaindale) Jewish Center (Norwich) Beth Israel (Plattsburgh) Kneses Tifereth Israel (Port Chester) B'rith Kodesh (Rochester) Beth Tzedek (Getzville) South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Emanu-El (Staten Island) Anshei Glen Wild (Sullivan Co.) Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel (Swan Lake) Society of Concord (Syracuse) Berith Sholom (Troy) Beth Joseph Synagogue (Tupper Lake) Spring Glen Synagogue (Wawarsing) Ulster Heights Synagogue (Wawarsing) West Point Jewish Chapel Temple Israel (White Plains) B'nai Israel (Woodbourne) Ohave Shalom (Woodridge) Lincoln Park (Yonkers) North Carolina Beth Israel (Asheville) Temple Israel (Charlotte) Temple Israel (Kinston) Emanuel (Statesville) Temple of Israel (Wilmington) North Dakota B'nai Israel (Grand Forks) Ohio Tifereth-Israel (Beachwood) Agudas Achim (Bexley) Golf Manor (Cincinnati) Rockdale (Cincinnati) Wise Temple (Cincinnati) Anshe Chesed Fairmount (Cleveland) Oheb Zedek Cedar Sinai (Cleveland) Park Synagogue (Cleveland) Silver Sanctuary (Cleveland) Temple Israel (Columbus) Temple Israel (Dayton) Beth Israel (Hamilton) B'nai Israel (Toledo) Oklahoma B'nai Israel (Oklahoma City) Temple Israel (Tulsa) Oregon Beth Israel (Eugene) Beth Israel (Portland) Havurah Shalom (Portland) Neveh Shalom (Portland) Shaarie Torah (Portland) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Beit Harambam Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel B'nai Abraham Frank Memorial Germantown Jewish Centre Keneseth Israel Kesher Israel Mikveh Israel Rodeph Shalom Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel Society Hill South Philadelphia Shtiebel Vilna Congregation YPC Shari-Eli Beth Israel (Altoona) Beth Israel (Chester Co.) B'nai Shalom (Easton) Anshe Hesed (Erie) Beth Shalom (Elkins Park) Kesher Israel (Harrisburg) Ohev Sholom (Harrisburg) Beth Israel (Honesdale) Beth Israel (Lebanon) Beth Or (Maple Glen) Adath Israel (Merion) B'nai Jacob (Middletown) Har Zion Temple (Penn Valley) Rodef Shalom (Pittsburgh) Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha (Pittsburgh) Kesher Zion (Reading) Beth Israel (Washington) Main Line Reform Temple (Wynnewood) Beth Israel (York) Rhode Island Touro (Newport) Beth-El (Providence) Sons of Jacob (Providence) South Carolina Beth Israel (Beaufort) Beth Elohim (Charleston) House of Peace (Columbia) Beth Israel (Florence) Beth Elohim (Georgetown) Kol Ami (Fort Mill) Sinai (Sumter) Tennessee Adas Israel (Brownsville) Mizpah (Chattanooga) B'nai Israel (Jackson) Baron Hirsch (Memphis) Temple Israel (Memphis) Ohabai Sholom (Nashville) Sherith Israel (Nashville) Texas Agudas Achim (Austin) Beth Israel (Austin) Emanuel (Beaumont) B'nai Abraham (Brenham) Emanu-El (Dallas) Beth Jacob (Galveston) B'nai Israel (Galveston) Beth Israel (Houston) Beth Yeshurun (Houston) Sinai (Houston) Beth-El (San Antonio) Utah B'rith Sholem (Ogden) Kol Ami (Salt Lake City) Vermont Ohavi Zedek (Burlington) Old Ohavi Zedek (Burlington) Rutland Jewish Center Virginia Agudas Achim (Alexandria) Beth El (Alexandria) Beth Israel (Charlottesville) Rodef Shalom (McLean) Sinai (Newport News) Commodore Levy Chapel (Norfolk) Beth Ahabah (Richmond) Kol Emes (Richmond) Beth Israel (Roanoke) Adath Israel (Rutland) House of Israel (Staunton) Beth El (Winchester) Washington Beth Israel (Bellingham) Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Seattle) Ezra Bessaroth (Seattle) Kavana Cooperative (Seattle) Sephardic Bikur Holim (Seattle) De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle and Belleview) West Virginia Ohev Sholom (Huntington) Shalom (Wheeling) Wisconsin Beth El (Madison) Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Milwaukee) Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun (River Hills) Wyoming Mt Sinai (Cheyenne) Territories Virgin Islands Oldest U.S. synagogues History Category People US places of worship

Authority control databases International VIAF National United States Israel

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mount Zion Temple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Zion_Temple) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Zion_Temple?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.