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{{Short description|Reform Jewish synagogue in Pima County, Arizona, US}}
'''Temple Emanu-El''' is a Reform synagogue in [[Tucson]], Arizona. It was the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory and is the oldest congregation in the state; Emanuel's original building, known as the '''Stone Avenue Temple''', is the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest synagogue]] building in Arizona.
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'''Kol Ami Synagogue (Kol Ami)''' is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]] located at 225 North Country Club Road, in [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], in the United States. The congregation was formed through the 2021 consolidation of '''Temple Emanu-El''' (established in 1910 as '''The Hebrew Benevolent Society''') and the '''Congregation Or Chadash''', that was established in 1995. The leaders of Temple Emanu-El and Congregation Or Chadash began discussions about a potential merger in 2018. The merger of the two Reform congregations was consummated the following year, as Kol Ami.<ref name="KAhistory" />

Rabbi Malcolm Cohen joined Kol Ami in July 2022 and Cantor Jennifer Benrey join Kol Ami in July 2024.

As The Hebrew Benevolent Society, it was the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory and is the oldest congregation in the state; Emanu-el's original building, known as the '''Stone Avenue Temple''', was built in 1910 and is the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest synagogue]] building in Arizona. This Stone Avenue building, listed as a [[contributing property]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], has since been repurposed as the '''Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center'''.


==History==
==History==
=== Temple Emanu-El ===
The Jewish community had been meeting for prayer for some years and had begun raising funds for a synagogue in 1905. The congregation was incorporated March 20, 1910, as The Hebrew Benevolent Society and dedicated the first synagogue building, the Stone Avenue Temple, the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, on October 3, 1910, the eve of [[Rosh Hashanah]].


In 1949 the congregation moved to a new building on North Country Club Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.templeemanueltucson.org/history.html |title=History |work=Temple Emanuel-El Tucson |date= |access-date= }}{{self-published-inline|date=January 2024}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref>
Although the Jewish community had been meeting for prayer for some years and had begun raising funds for a synagogue in 1905, the congregation was incorporated March 20, 1910, as '''The Hebrew Benevolent Society''' and dedicated the first synagogue building, the '''Stone Avenue Temple,''' the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, on Oct. 3, 1910, the eve of [[Rosh Hashanah]], the Jewish New Year. In 1949 the congregation moved to a new building on North Country Club.<ref>http://www.templeemanueltucson.org/history.html</ref>


==Stone Avenue Temple==
==== Stone Avenue Temple ====


Emanu-El's original building, the [[Jewish Heritage Center Tucson|Stone Avenue Temple]], was a brick structure designed by architect Ely Blount. Blount blended a pedimented, pilastered [[Greek revival]] facade with rounded windows and twin towers in [[Rundbogenstil]] style. In 1937 the building was covered with stucco. The original stained-glass windows have been lost.<ref>http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/architecture.html</ref> Since 1982, the building is listed in on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of the Barrio Libre Historic District.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/04.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907065413/http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/04.htm |archivedate=2008-09-07 |df= }}</ref> It currently houses the [[Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest]].<ref>http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/index.html</ref><ref>Jewish Heritage Report, Vol. I, No. 2 / Summer 1997, American Report Part II, AMERICAN NOTES,
Emanu-El's original building, the Stone Avenue Temple, was a brick structure designed by Ely Blount. Blount blended a [[pediment]]ed, [[pilaster]]ed [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] [[façade]] with rounded windows and twin towers in [[Rundbogenstil]] style. In 1937 the building was covered with stucco. The original stained-glass windows have been lost.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/architecture.html |work=Jewish Heritage Center |title=Architecture |date= |access-date=2009-01-13 |archive-date=2008-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704181434/http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/architecture.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1982, the building was listed in on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as part of the [[Barrio Libre|Barrio Libre Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/04.htm |title=Stone Avenue Temple: Tucson, AZ |access-date=2009-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907065413/http://www.nmajh.org/exhibitions/postcards/cards/04.htm |archive-date=2008-09-07 }}</ref><ref name=nrhpinv1>{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Tim |work=National Register of Historic Places |title=Inventory – Nomination Form: Barrio Libre |url={{NRHP url|id=78000565}} |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=27 June 2015 |date=September 26, 1977}}</ref> Efforts to preserve the synagogue garnered national attention when it received the National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jewishtucson.org/page.aspx?id=50031 |title=No title |work=Jewish Tucson |date= |access-date= }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The building currently houses the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/index.html |title=Jewish Heritage Center - Tucson |access-date=2009-01-13 |archive-date=2008-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704181506/http://www.jewishheritagecenter.net/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author= |journal=Jewish Heritage Report |volume=I |number=2 |date=Summer 1997 |title=American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center |url=http://www.isjm.org/jhr/no2/amnotes.htm |access-date= |doi= |issn= }}</ref>

Tucson’s Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center [http://www.isjm.org/jhr/no2/amnotes.htm]</ref>
===== The museum =====

The '''Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center''', formerly known as the Jewish History Museum, and the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest, is a [[Jewish museum]] that was created in 2005 by the merger of the non-profit that was formed to rescue the building from destruction in 1998 &ndash; The Historic Stone Avenue Temple Project &ndash; with the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Arizona.<ref name=Brown>{{cite news |title=Venerable Tucson institutions merge into Jewish Heritage Center |author=Brown, Phyllis |work=Jewish Tucson |date=July 10, 2005 |url=https://archive.today/20120804081846/http://www.jewishtucson.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=165602 |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author= |journal=Jewish Heritage Report |volume=I |number=2 |date=Summer 1997 |title=American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center |url=http://www.isjm.org/jhr/no2/amnotes.htm |access-date= |doi= |issn= }}</ref>

In addition to its permanent collection, the museum hosts exhibitions, lectures, the annual Ketubah and Antique wedding gown exhibit and the Jewish Storytelling Festival as well as is the home of the Jewish Arizona Oral History Project.<ref name=Brown/><ref>{{cite news |title=Not Just Desert: Tucson Touches on It All! |date=December 27, 2007 |author=Dalton, Aaron |work=Jewish Exponent |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/14896/ |access-date= }}</ref>

=== Congregation Or Chadash ===
The congregation was formed on August 18, 1995 under the direction of Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, who previously was employed as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel-El. The congregation was gifted a Torah from B’nai Sholem, an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] congregation in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]. The congregation started a Jewish school and had over 104 students by late 1999.

A {{convert|4.2|acre|ha|adj=on}} property was purchased in 2002 with the assistance of donations and borrowings; and the {{convert|400000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} house converted into a chapel, education facilities, and administrative offices.<ref name="KAhistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.katucson.org/synagogue-history |title=Synagogue history |work=Kol Ami |date= |access-date=January 16, 2024 }}{{self-published-inline|date=January 2024}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{stack|{{Portal|Judaism|Arizona}}}}
* [[Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest]]
* [[History of the Jews in Arizona]]
* [[Tucson Hebrew Academy]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.templeemanueltucson.org/ Temple Emanu-El]
* {{oweb|https://www.katucson.org }}
* {{oweb|https://www.tjmhc.org/the-museum|Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center official website}}
* {{cite news |url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/street-smarts-tucson-veteran-was-among-children-saved-from-nazi/article_f483b3c2-2dbb-5dbb-a7aa-4e467ccb2f16.html |author=Leighton, David |title=Street Smarts: Tucson veteran was among 1,000 children saved from Nazi Germany |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=May 13, 2014 }}


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For similarly named synagogues, see Kol Ami.
"Jewish History Museum (Tucson)" redirects here. For other uses, see Jewish museum.
"Temple Emanu-El (Tucson)" redirects here. For other uses, see Emanu-El.
Kol Ami Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Malcolm Cohen
  • Cantor Jennifer Benrey
StatusActive
Location
Location225 North Country Club Road, Tucson, Arizona 85716
CountryUnited States
Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona) is located in Arizona
Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona)
Location in Arizona
Geographic coordinates32°13′26″N 110°55′37″W / 32.2239180°N 110.9269990°W / 32.2239180; -110.9269990
Architecture
Architect(s)Eli Blount[a] (1910)
TypeSynagogue architecture
Date establishedc. 2019 (merged congregation)
  • 1910 (Temple Emanu-El)
  • 1995 (Congregation Or Chadash)
Completed
  • 1910 (TE: Stone Avenue)
  • 1949 (TE: Country Club Road)
  • 2002 (OC: address unknown)
Website
katucson.org
Tucson Jewish Museum &
Holocaust Center
Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona) is located in Arizona
Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona)
Location in Arizona
Established2005
Location564 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85701-2308
Coordinates32°12′51″N 110°58′13″W / 32.2142°N 110.9702°W / 32.2142; -110.9702
TypeJewish museum
DirectorLori Shepherd
Websitewww.tjmhc.org
Temple Emanu-El (1910)
Map
Interactive map
Location564 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Coordinates32°12′51″N 110°58′13″W / 32.2142°N 110.9702°W / 32.2142; -110.9702
Built1910
ArchitectEli Blount
Part ofBarrio Libre Historic District (ID78000565)
Designated CPOctober 18, 1978

Kol Ami Synagogue (Kol Ami) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 225 North Country Club Road, in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States. The congregation was formed through the 2021 consolidation of Temple Emanu-El (established in 1910 as The Hebrew Benevolent Society) and the Congregation Or Chadash, that was established in 1995. The leaders of Temple Emanu-El and Congregation Or Chadash began discussions about a potential merger in 2018. The merger of the two Reform congregations was consummated the following year, as Kol Ami.[1]

Rabbi Malcolm Cohen joined Kol Ami in July 2022 and Cantor Jennifer Benrey join Kol Ami in July 2024.

As The Hebrew Benevolent Society, it was the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory and is the oldest congregation in the state; Emanu-el's original building, known as the Stone Avenue Temple, was built in 1910 and is the oldest synagogue building in Arizona. This Stone Avenue building, listed as a contributing property on the National Register of Historic Places, has since been repurposed as the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center.

History

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Temple Emanu-El

[edit]

The Jewish community had been meeting for prayer for some years and had begun raising funds for a synagogue in 1905. The congregation was incorporated March 20, 1910, as The Hebrew Benevolent Society and dedicated the first synagogue building, the Stone Avenue Temple, the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, on October 3, 1910, the eve of Rosh Hashanah.

In 1949 the congregation moved to a new building on North Country Club Road.[2]

Stone Avenue Temple

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Emanu-El's original building, the Stone Avenue Temple, was a brick structure designed by Ely Blount. Blount blended a pedimented, pilastered Greek Revival façade with rounded windows and twin towers in Rundbogenstil style. In 1937 the building was covered with stucco. The original stained-glass windows have been lost.[3] In 1982, the building was listed in on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Barrio Libre Historic District.[4][5] Efforts to preserve the synagogue garnered national attention when it received the National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[6] The building currently houses the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center.[7][8]

The museum
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The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, formerly known as the Jewish History Museum, and the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest, is a Jewish museum that was created in 2005 by the merger of the non-profit that was formed to rescue the building from destruction in 1998 – The Historic Stone Avenue Temple Project – with the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Arizona.[9][10]

In addition to its permanent collection, the museum hosts exhibitions, lectures, the annual Ketubah and Antique wedding gown exhibit and the Jewish Storytelling Festival as well as is the home of the Jewish Arizona Oral History Project.[9][11]

Congregation Or Chadash

[edit]

The congregation was formed on August 18, 1995 under the direction of Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, who previously was employed as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel-El. The congregation was gifted a Torah from B’nai Sholem, an Orthodox congregation in St. Joseph, Missouri. The congregation started a Jewish school and had over 104 students by late 1999.

A 4.2-acre (1.7 ha) property was purchased in 2002 with the assistance of donations and borrowings; and the 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) house converted into a chapel, education facilities, and administrative offices.[1]

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Some sources list as Ely.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Synagogue history". Kol Ami. Retrieved January 16, 2024.[self-published source?]
  2. ^ "History". Temple Emanuel-El Tucson.[self-published source?][dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Architecture". Jewish Heritage Center. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "Stone Avenue Temple: Tucson, AZ". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  5. ^ Fisher, Tim (September 26, 1977). "Inventory – Nomination Form: Barrio Libre". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  6. ^ "No title". Jewish Tucson.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Jewish Heritage Center - Tucson". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  8. ^ "American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center". Jewish Heritage Report. I (2). Summer 1997.
  9. ^ a b Brown, Phyllis (July 10, 2005). "Venerable Tucson institutions merge into Jewish Heritage Center". Jewish Tucson.
  10. ^ "American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center". Jewish Heritage Report. I (2). Summer 1997.
  11. ^ Dalton, Aaron (December 27, 2007). "Not Just Desert: Tucson Touches on It All!". Jewish Exponent.
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