Tephereth Israel Synagogue

Historic Reform synagogue in New Britain, Connecticut, US

  • Adolph Feinberg
  • Levio Bessoni
TypeSynagogueStyle
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Colonial Revival
Date established1925 (as a congregation)Completed1925MaterialsMasonry; red brickWebsitetephereth.org
Tephereth Israel Synagogue
Arealess than one acreMPSHistoric Synagogues of Connecticut MPSNRHP reference No.95000576Added to NRHPMay 11, 1995 [1]

Tephereth Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "The Glory of Israel"), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 76 Winter Street in downtown New Britain, Connecticut, in the United States. The congregation, founded in 1925, meets at a two-story brick temple with Romanesque Revival and Colonial Revival features, designed by Hartford architect Adolf Feinberg and built in 1925.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as part of a multiple property listing of fifteen historic synagogues in Connecticut.[1]

Architecture and history

Tephereth Israel Synagogue is located a few blocks northeast of downtown New Britain, on the north side of Winter Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with stone trim. Square towers flank a central entry section, which has three entrances at the top of a broad series of steps. The entrances are set in round-arch openings with keystones, as are the windows set above them. The towers have brick corner quoining, with tall round-arch windows, above which are stone panels bearing the Star of David. The interior is arranged with a social hall and classroom space on the ground floor, and the main sanctuary on the upper level. The fixtures of the sanctuary date to the period after a 1962 fire.[2] Services are usually conducted every Saturday morning, led by Rabbi Robert Schectman.

The synagogue was built in 1925, following a doctrinal split in New Britain's Jewish community. The city's first congregation, Ahey B'Nai Israel, was formally adopted as a Conservative organization, and more recently arrived Orthodox adherents broke off to form Tephereth Israel. The building is an architecturally distinctive blend of Romanesque and Colonial Revival features.[2]

Tephereth Israel Synagogue was one of fifteen Connecticut synagogues added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995[1] and 1996 in response to an unprecedented multiple submission, nominating nineteen synagogues.[3][4]

See also

  • Judaism portal
  • flagConnecticut portal

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Tephereth Israel Synagogue". National Park Service. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Charles, Eleanor (April 7, 1996). "In the Region/Connecticut;15 Synagogues Gain National Landmark Status". New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  4. ^ Ransom, David F. (March 29, 1995). "NRHP Registration Form Multiple Property Listing: Historic Synagogues of Connecticut". National Park Service. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

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