| Temple Israel | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Jason M. Gwasdoff |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 5105 North El Dorado Street,Stockton,California 95207 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inCalifornia | |
| Coordinates | 37°59′47″N121°18′23″W / 37.996459°N 121.306445°W /37.996459; -121.306445 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Established | 1850(as a congregation) |
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| Website | |
| templeisraelstockton | |
Temple Israel is aReformJewish congregation andsynagogue, located at 5105 North El Dorado Street, inStockton,California, in the United States. Established in 1850, it is one of theoldest Jewish congregations in California.
The congregation was founded during theCalifornia Gold Rush as a Jewish society calledRhyim Ahovim (transliterated fromHebrew as "Loving Friends") by tradition in 1849 but documentably no later than 1850. Other sources say that the congregation was founded in 1851.[1]
The first building, on Miner Avenue, between El Dorado and Hunter, was completed on August 28, 1855. It was a simple, frame structure built on brick foundations of wood that had been shipped around the Horn, since no sawmill yet existed in Stockton.[2] During the flood of 1861-62, the building flooded with 2 feet (0.61 m) of water, causing the congregation to move it to higher ground on Hunter Street.[3]
Therabbi, since 1993, is Rabbi Jason M. Gwasdoff.
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