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First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Virginia
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                Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome

                                   The Holy Community, The House of Peace

                             Richmond, Virginia

 


Kahal Kadosh - Beth Shalome

   Jews have participated in Virginia's social and economic life from the colony's beginnings. Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome ( Holy Congregation - House of Peace) was founded in Richmond in 1789, when the Jewish community grew large enough to establish the first Jewish congregation in Virginia and the sixth oldest in the United States. Temporary sites housed Beth Shalome until a permanent synagogue was built nearby and dedicated 15 September, 1822.  The modest one story brick structure was sold in 1891 and demolished in 1934.  Beth Shalome merged with Richmond's Beth Ahabah congregation in 1898.


Plaque program 3-03,   Participating:

L-R:  Rabbi Gary Creditor- Chrmn. Rich. Rabbinical Council, Mayor Rudolph McCollum - city of Richmond, Rabbi Marin Beifield - Beth Ahabah, Kathleen Kilpatrick Dir. Va. Dept. of Hist. Res., Harriette Will Pres. Beth Ahabah Museum, Earl Ferguson Pres. Beth Ahabah, Ric Arenstein Pres. Jewish Comm. Fed. of Richmond, Jerry Klinger Pres. of JASHP, Steven Ellis Exec. Dir./ CEO Council for America's First Freedom


Beth Shalome was organized in 1789.  The building, 1822,  was a small brick structure on Mayo Street near the present site of the marker at 14th & Franklin on the grounds of the James Madison building.   The community was small and eventually merged with Congregation Beth Ahabah of Richmond making Beth Ahabah,  the oldest, permanent Jewish House of Worship in the State of Virginia. 


 

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