| Congregation Achduth Vesholom | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Meir Bargeron |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 5200 Old Mill Road,Fort Wayne,Indiana 46807 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inIndiana | |
| Coordinates | 41°02′09″N85°09′06″W / 41.035942°N 85.151559°W /41.035942; -85.151559 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue |
| Style | Gothic Revival(1874) |
| Established | 1848(as a congregation) |
| Completed |
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| Construction cost | $25,000(1874) |
| Website | |
| templecav | |
Congregation Achduth Vesholom (transliterated fromHebrew as "Unity and Peace"[1][2][3]) is aReformJewish congregation andsynagogue, located at 5200 Old Mill Road inFort Wayne,Indiana, in the United States.[1][4]
Achduth Vesholom is the oldest congregation in Indiana, formed on October 26, 1848, as a GermanOrthodox congregation,[1][5][2][6] called "The Society for Visiting the Sick and Burying the Dead".[1][7] The congregation initially worshiped in private homes.[8][9]
In 1857, the synagogue purchased the former German Methodist Church building on Harrison Street for $1,200 ($40,000 today), which was dedicated as a synagogue.[2][9] The first rabbi was Joseph Solomon, who served until 1859.[9] In 1861, the congregation adopted its current name.[1][2]
On the corner of Harrison and Wayne Streets, the congregation built aGothic Revival-style temple with seating for 800 people in 1874 at the cost of $25,000 (equivalent to $695,000 today);[2][9] and in the same year the congregation joined theUnion of American Hebrew Congregations.[6]Adolf Guttmacher was rabbi from 1889 to 1891.[10] Samuel Hirshberg was rabbi from 1891 to 1895.[11]
The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets;[6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961.[2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick,[12] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020, as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader.[13]
Congregation Achduth Vesholom.
Congregation Achduth Vesholom.
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