Congregation Agudath Shalom
| Congregation Agudath Shalom | |
|---|---|
 Congregation Agudath Shalom synagogue | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Open Orthodoxy |
| Location | |
| Location | 145 Walnut Street, Chelsea, Massachusetts |
  Location in Massachusetts | |
| Coordinates | 42°23′34″N 71°2′15″W / 42.39278°N 71.03750°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Harry Dustin Joll |
| Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Established | 1887 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1909 |
| Website | |
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Congregation Agudath Shalom | |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000283 |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1993 |
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Congregation Agudath Shalom, also known as Agudas Sholom the Walnut Street Synagogue or the Walnut Street Shul, is a historic Open Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 145 Walnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States.
History
[edit]The congregation was founded in 1887.[2] The present building was erected in 1909, one year after the great fire that destroyed a third of the buildings in the city. The architect was Harry Dustin Joll. The congregation's previous building was destroyed in the great fire.[3]
It is the oldest surviving synagogue in Chelsea, a city that was one-third Jewish at the time the synagogue was built.[4]
The synagogue possesses a "remarkable" series of wall and ceiling frescoes painted by Jewish immigrant artists.[5] The "magnificent" carved Torah Ark was created by a noted Boston-area cabinetmaker who specialized in synagogue furniture, San Katz, in the 1920s.[4] The synagogue was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
In 2016, Congregation Agudath Shalom hired Rabbi Lila Kagedan as its full-time spiritual leader. Kagedan is the first graduate of Yeshivat Maharat to take the title of Rabbi for her work as a female Orthodox leader.[6] Kagedan is the first female rabbi of a U.S. Orthodox Jewish synagogue.[7]
Gallery
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Agudas Sholom chapel at Everett Jewish Cemetery
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Chelsea's Synagogues". Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ The Burning of Chelsea by Walter Merriam Pratt Published by Sampson publishing company, 1908, p. 46
- ^ a b Chelsea, By Harriman Clarke, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, p. 87
- ^ Marilyn J. Chiat, America's Religious Architecture, Wiley, 1997 p. 51
- ^ "Chelsea's historic Walnut Street Shul preserves a future". jewishjournal.org. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Meet the First Female Orthodox Rabbi". The Cut. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
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