Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee)

Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known as The Temple, is a Reform synagogue in Nashville, Tennessee notable for the elaborate, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple that was its home from 1874 until its demolition in 1954.

History

Ohabai Shalom was founded as an Orthodox congregation in the 1840s in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Garretson on South Summer Street (5th Avenue). [1] The congregation purchased land for a cemetery in 1851 and in 1874 dedicated the striking, Moorish Revival Vine Street Temple.[2] In 1873 the congregation was one of the founding members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now the Union for Reform Judaism.[3] The congregation moved to its present building in 1955.[1]

Notable members

  • Herb Rich (1928-2008), 2x All-Pro NFL football player
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Images of the 1874 Moorish Revival building

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