Temple Adas Israel is
Reform
Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ...
synagogue in
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiner's Bay. The population was 2,772 at the 2 ...
,
New York. It is one of fewer than 100
19th century synagogue buildings still standing in the United States.
History
Describing itself as "Long Island’s oldest synagogue", Temple Adas Israel was founded as Congregation Mishkan Israel in 1893, the temple purchased land 1896 and the building was completed in 1898.
[History]
, Adas Israel website. Retrieved December 31, 2009. The ''
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
:''This article covers both the historical newspaper (1841–1955, 1960–1963), as well as an unrelated new Brooklyn Daily Eagle starting 1996 published currently''
The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''King ...
'' attributed the creation of the new congregation to the establishment of Fahy's watchcase factory, which had drawn a large number of Russian and Polish-Jewish workingmen to Sag Harbor. Within a short time, there were 15 Jewish-owned retail stores in the village and the ''Brooklyn Eagle'' reported that Jewish success in retailing fruit and clothing "testify to their industry."
The simple, vernacular building is a rectangle, 24' by 30', with a pitched roof. The entrance door is dignified by a flight of stairs and flanked by Gothic, pointed-arch windows, the other windows are round-arched.
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In 2023, the synagogue engaged in a controversy about who would be the town's Santa Claus. Ken Dorph, a local expert on the Middle East, was invited by a member to attend a discussion labeled, "Answering Tough Questions on Israel." Due to questions asked by Dorph, members of the congregation campaigned successfully to have Dorph removed as the town's Santa Claus. Rabbi Daniel Geffen said the temple's leadership was not involved, but said it was a lesson on exercising free speech responsibly.][Andrew Keh]
"He Was Set to Play Santa. His Views on the Middle East Got in the Way."
''The New York Times
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'', Dec. 15, 2023.
References
External links
Temple Adas Israel website
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Reform synagogues in New York (state)
Synagogues in Suffolk County, New York
Synagogues completed in 1898
1898 establishments in New York (state)
Polish-Jewish culture in New York (state)
Russian-Jewish culture in New York (state)