| Congregation Ohabai Sholom | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 5015 Harding Pike,Nashville,Tennessee 37205 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inTennessee | |
| Coordinates | 36°06′28″N86°51′52″W / 36.1079°N 86.8645°W /36.1079; -86.8645 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue |
| Founder | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Garretson |
| Established | c. 1840s(as a congregation) |
| Completed |
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| Website | |
| templenashville | |
Congregation Ohabai Sholom, known asThe Temple, is aReformJewishsynagogue located at 5015 Harding Pike, inNashville,Tennessee, in the United States. Founded in the 1840s, the congregation is notable for the elaborate,Moorish RevivalVine Street Temple that was its home from 1874 until its demolition in 1954; replaced by its current synagogue the following year.
Ohabai Sholom was founded as anOrthodox 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 RevivalVine Street Temple.[2] In 1873 the congregation was one of the founding members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now theUnion for Reform Judaism.[1] In 1945, the Temple gaveTemple B'nai Israel in Tupelo, Mississippi, its firstTorah.[3]
The congregation moved to its present building in 1955.[1] Rabbi Randall Falk, who served as Senior Rabbi at the Temple from 1960 to 1986, led local clergy in Civil Rights marches and was a founding member of the Metro (Nashville) Human Relations Commission, which was established to promote integration and Civil Rights.[4]
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