West End Synagogue, originally Khal Kodesh Adath Israel and known for a while as the Gay Street Synagogue, is a congregation in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
. It is affiliated with the
Conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
movement and dates to the 1850s.
Percival Goodman
Percival Goodman (January 13, 1904 – October 11, 1989) was an American urban theorist and architect who designed more than 50 synagogues between 1948 and 1983. He has been called the "leading theorist" of modern synagogue design, Philip N ...
designed its sanctuary in 1950 with a flexible arrangement that was widely imitated. The synagogue includes the Beit Miriam Religious School. Alumni of the school include ''Washington Post'' journalist
Rosalind S. Helderman.
Arthur Hertzbeg was the rabbi from 1947 until 1956.
In June 1990, the Dixie Knights chapter of the
Ku Klux Klan shot at the synagogue in a
drive-by shooting
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, with Grand Wizard
Leonard William Armstrong firing a
TEC-9
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and member
Damien Patton driving. KKK member and Christian music producer
Jonathan David Brown
Jonathan David Brown (November 20, 1955 – September 27, 2016) was an American record producer and audio engineer known for his work on albums released in the Contemporary Christian music industry. Brown served federal prison time as an acces ...
was found guilty of conspiracy and two counts of perjury for accessory after the fact.
Damien Patton pleaded guilty to juvenile misdemeanor.
[Justia.com. US Court of Appeals, Cases & Opinions]
United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jonathan David Brown, Defendant-appellant.
Retrieved December 19, 2009.
See also
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Congregation Sherith Israel (Nashville, Tennessee) Founded circa 1900, Congregation Sherith Israel is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox synagogue located in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently led by Rabbi Saul Strosberg and Cantor George Lieberman, it welcomes Jews of all backgrounds and levels of observa ...
, a historic Orthodox synagogue in Nashville
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Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee)
Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known as The Temple, is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 5015 Harding Pike, in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. Founded in the 1840s, the congregation is notable for the elaborate, Moorish Revival Vine S ...
, an historic Reform temple whose rabbis played a role in the city's Civil Rights Movement.
References
External links
West End Synagogue website
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Synagogues in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Nashville, Tennessee
Culture of Nashville, Tennessee