Mizpah Congregation
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Mizpah Congregation is a Reform Jewish
synagogue
in Chattanooga.
The congregation was founded in 1866 by German Jewish businessmen, many of whom were veterans of the Civil War. The congregation dedicated its first synagogue building,the Walnut Street Temple, in 1882. In 1904 a new temple was built on the corner of Oak and Lindsay Streets.
In 1928 Adolph Ochs, publisher of the Chattanooga Times and The New York Times
constructed a new synagogue building at 922 McCallie Avenue, in memory of his parents, Julius and Bertha Ochs.
The Georgian colonial building was designated as a Tennessee Historical Preservation Site in 1979.
Reform Judaism (North America)
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synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
in Chattanooga.
The congregation was founded in 1866 by German Jewish businessmen, many of whom were veterans of the Civil War. The congregation dedicated its first synagogue building,the Walnut Street Temple, in 1882. In 1904 a new temple was built on the corner of Oak and Lindsay Streets.
In 1928 Adolph Ochs, publisher of the Chattanooga Times and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
constructed a new synagogue building at 922 McCallie Avenue, in memory of his parents, Julius and Bertha Ochs.
The Georgian colonial building was designated as a Tennessee Historical Preservation Site in 1979.