| Congregation Agudath Shalom | |
|---|---|
 Congregation Agudath Shalom synagogue | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Open Orthodoxy |
| Location | |
| Location | 145 Walnut Street,Chelsea,Massachusetts |
  Location inMassachusetts | |
| Coordinates | 42°23′34″N71°2′15″W / 42.39278°N 71.03750°W /42.39278; -71.03750 |
| 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 asAgudas Sholom theWalnut Street Synagogue or theWalnut Street Shul, is an historicOpen OrthodoxJewishsynagogue located at 145 Walnut Street inChelsea,Massachusetts, in the United States.
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" carvedTorah 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 theNational Register of Historic Places in 1993.
In 2016, Congregation Agudath Shalom hired RabbiLila Kagedan as its full-time spiritual leader. Kagedan is the first graduate ofYeshivat Maharat to take the title ofRabbi for her work as a female Orthodox leader. She had previously worked and taught in the Boston area for over ten years. The Synagogue continues to operate as an Orthodox Shul.[6] Kagedan is the first female rabbi of a U.S. Orthodox Jewish synagogue.[7]
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