Temple Emanu-El is a Reform synagogue in
Tucson
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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, Arizona. It was the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory and is the oldest congregation in the state; Emanuel's original building, known as the Stone Avenue Temple, is the
oldest synagogue building in Arizona.
History
Although the Jewish community had been meeting for prayer for some years and had begun raising funds for a synagogue in 1905, the congregation was incorporated March 20, 1910, as The Hebrew Benevolent Society and dedicated the first synagogue building, the Stone Avenue Temple, the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, on Oct. 3, 1910, the eve of
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh HaShanah ( he, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, , literally "head of the year") is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (, , lit. "day of shouting/blasting") It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (, , " ...
, the Jewish New Year. In 1949 the congregation moved to a new building on North Country Club.
Stone Avenue Temple
Emanu-El's original building, the
Stone Avenue Temple, was a brick structure designed by architect Ely Blount. Blount blended a pedimented, pilastered
Greek revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
facade with rounded windows and twin towers in
Rundbogenstil
(round-arch style) is a nineteenth-century historic revival style of architecture popular in the German-speaking lands and the German diaspora. It combines elements of Byzantine, Romanesque, and Renaissance architecture with particular ...
style. In 1937 the building was covered with stucco. The original stained-glass windows have been lost. Since 1982, the building is listed in on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
as part of the Barrio Libre Historic District. It currently houses the
Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest
The Jewish History Museum, formerly known as the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest, is a museum housed in a historic synagogue building in Tucson, Arizona. The museum's building, which housed the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory, i ...
.
[Jewish Heritage Report, Vol. I, No. 2 / Summer 1997, American Report Part II, American Notes, Tucson’s Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Cente]
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See also
* Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest
The Jewish History Museum, formerly known as the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest, is a museum housed in a historic synagogue building in Tucson, Arizona. The museum's building, which housed the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory, i ...
References
External links
Temple Emanu-El
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Religious buildings and structures in Tucson, Arizona
Reform synagogues in Arizona
Jewish organizations established in 1910
1910 establishments in Arizona Territory
Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
Synagogues completed in 1910
Synagogues completed in 1949