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This is a list of Wisconsin synagogues including the city.
Name | City | Status | Denomination | Notes |
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Baith Israel | Antigo | defunct | unknown | Founded 1915. Sold to Odd Fellows Club, 1947 [1] |
Moses Montefiore Synagogue | Appleton | active | Conservative | USCJ member |
Temple Zion | Appleton | defunct | Reform | Est. 1883. Was Reform. Being refurbished by current owner.[2] Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (father of Harry Houdini) was rabbi early on. |
B'nai Israel Synagogue | Ashland | defunct | unknown | Destroyed [3] |
Congregation B'nai Abraham | Beloit | active | Reform | Founded 1907 as Orthodox. URJ member. |
Temple Sholom | Eau Claire | active | Conservative | USCJ member. Building was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Church [4] |
Kehillath Jacob Synagogue | Fond du Lac | defunct | Orthodox | Built 1923.[5] |
Temple Beth Israel | Fond du Lac | active | Conservative | New building, 1959. Open only occasionally now.[6] |
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah | Glendale | active | Orthodox | |
Congregation Cnesses Israel | Green Bay | active | Conservative | USCJ member |
Sharey Zedek | Hurley | defunct | unknown | Converted to apartments [7][8] |
Beth Hillel Temple | Kenosha | active | Reform | URJ member |
Chabad of Kenosha/Congregation Bnai Zedek Chabad | Kenosha | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch. Originally Congregation Bnai Zedek. Built 1910.[9] |
Congregation Anche Chesed | La Crosse | defunct | Reform | Built 1867. [10] |
Congregation Sons of Abraham | La Crosse | active | Conservative | USCJ member. First synagogue 1905, new building 1947. |
Gates of Heaven Synagogue Shaarei Shamayim (Madison,Wisconsin) | Madison | defunct | unknown | Museum [11] |
Anshe Poale Zedek | Manitowoc | active | Orthodox | Built 1954 [12][13][14] |
Sons of Jacob Synagogue | Marinette | defunct | unknown | One of three synagogues in Marinette in 1903 [15] |
Agudas Achim Chabad | Mequon | active | Orthodox [16] | Founded 1986 |
Anshai Lebowitz | Mequon | active | Orthodox | Founded 1998 [17] |
Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue | Mequon | active | Conservative | USCJ member |
Beth Jehudah | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | |
Congregation Beth Israel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | Milwaukee | active | Conservative | USCJ member. website |
Lake Park Synagogue | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | OU member |
Temple Menorah | Milwaukee | active | Conservative | |
Temple B'nai Israel | Oshkosh | active | Reform | Congregation founded 1895. First synagogue, 1902. New building 1948. URJ Member. |
Beth Israel Sinai Congregation | Racine | active | none | [18] |
Adas Israel | Sheboygan | defunct | Orthodox | Called "The White Shul". Built 1910. Converted to church [1][2] |
Ahavas Sholem | Sheboygan | defunct | unknown | Called "The Brick Shul". Originally St. Mary Magdalene, Sheboygan's first Catholic church. Built before 1871. Became Sheboygan's first synagogue 1903. Destroyed (1975)[1][2] |
Congregation Beth El | Sheboygan | active | Conservative | Sheboygan's only non-Orthodox synagogue. Built 1944.[1][2] |
Ohel Mosche | Sheboygan | defunct | Orthodox | Called "The Holman Shul". Built 1918. Destroyed[1][2] |
Beth Israel Synagogue | Stevens Point | defunct | unknown | Built 1905, disbanded 1986. Portage County Historical Society Museum. Recognized on National Register of Historic Places[19] |
Agudas Achim | Superior | defunct | unknown | Known as the Litvische Shul [20]. Eventually replaced by Temple Beth El |
Superior Hebrew Congregation | Superior | defunct | unknown | Known as the Russische Shul [21] |
Temple Beth El | Superior | defunct | unknown | Founded by former members of Agudas Achim [22] |
Beth Israel | Wausau | defunct | Orthodox | Founded 1917, disbanded 1950. Was Modern Orthodox [23] |
Mount Sinai Congregation | Wausau | active | Reform | URJ member. Founded 1914. New building 1991. |
References
- ^ a b c d The Second Sheboygan Jewish Community Reunion
- ^ a b c d Bratwurst meets Borscht: The synagogues of Sheboygan, Wis. Sherry Zander in the online edition of the Dallas Jewish Week. August 15, 2002
Resources
- International Jewish Cemetery Project—Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story: Jewish immigrants helped develop small-town Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
- Jewish Museum Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Small Jewish Communities History Project (WI Soc. for Jewish Learning, Inc.)
- Life’s Rich Pageant: A brief history of Wisconsin's small-town Jewish communities
- Milwaukee Jewish Federation synagogue directory
- Article accompanying description and images of Window from "The White Shul", a Sheboygan, Wisconsin synagogue, c. 1910. from WisconsinHistory.org.