Temple Adas Israel

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Congregation Adas Israel was organized in 1867 and erected its temple in 1882. The wooden exterior was brick-veneered in the early 1920s without changing the building's original form; the congregation continues to hold services and special events there. Historic purpose-built synagogue erected in Brownsville, Tennessee, in 1882 and preserved in active Jewish use. In Jewish World Records, Temple Adas Israel is connected to the record “Oldest Surviving Synagogue Building in Tennessee,” based on the stored achievement of Erected and dedicated 1882. Congregation Adas Israel was organized in Brownsville in 1867 and erected its purpose-built temple in 1882. The original wooden structure was brick-veneered in the early 1920s while retaining its form, and it survives as an active Jewish house of worship.

Public links

• brownsvilletemple.org