- Source: List of synagogues and Jewish congregations in Washington
This is a list of synagogues in the state of Washington, in the United States, ordered by denomination.
Conservative
Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle
Temple Beth Shalom, Spokane
This merges the earlier Temple Emanu-El (who founded the state's first synagogue, opened September 12, 1892) and Keneseth Israel: 14–15
Congregation Beth Sholom, Richland
Originally (1950) Richland Jewish Congregation, took current name 1957: 71
Congregation B'nai Torah, Olympia: 91
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, Mercer Island
Originally the Herzl Congregation was an Orthodox congregation in Seattle; in 1929, Congregation Machzikay Hadath split off, remaining Orthodox as the group that retained the name and the synagogue was realigning toward Conservative Judaism. The short-lived New Conservative Congregation, founded 1930 merged with Herzl in 1932 to form the Herzl Conservative Congregation. In 1970 they merged with Congregation Ner Tamid of Bellevue to form the Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, which moved to a new facility on Mercer Island in 1971: 29–32, 75
Kehilat Shalom, Seattle
Humanist
Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound (abbreviated as "SJC"), Seattle
Founded in 1994, is affiliated with the Society for Humanistic Judaism. It holds non-theistic holiday and shabbat events, and a K-7 Sunday school.
Meditational
Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, Seattle: 91
Orthodox
Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Seattle
Chabad of Bainbridge Island
Chabad of NW Seattle, Ballard
Eastside Torah Center, Bellevue
Chabad of Bellingham
Chabad of Capitol Hill
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch, Seattle: 79
Chabad of Downtown Seattle
The Friendship Circle of WA
Chabad of Central Cascades, Issaquah
Chabad Jewish Russian Center
Chabad of Kirkland - Center for Jewish Life, Kirkland
Chabad of Snohomish County, Edmonds/Lynnwood
Island Synagogue, Mercer Island
Chabad of North Seattle, Lake City/Northgate
Chabad of Evergreen State College and Olympia, Olympia
Chabad Jewish Center of Renton, Renton/Kent/Auburn
Chabad of Shoreline, Shoreline
Chabad of Spokane County, Spokane
Chabad of Pierce County, Tacoma
Chabad of Queen Anne, Queen Anne/ Magnolia
Chabad at UW, Seattle
Chabad of Clark County, Vancouver
Ashreichem Yisrael, Seattle
Beth Israel, Aberdeen
Serves both Reform and Orthodox: 43
Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation, Seattle
A merger of several earlier congregations: Chevra Bikur Cholim, Yavneh Congregation, Seattle Congregation Machzikay Hadath: 11–14
Chai Center of Greater Seattle, Seattle
Emanuel Congregation, Seattle: 77
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Seattle: 43–44
Minyan Ohr Chadash, Seattle, Modern Orthodox minyan meets for Shabbat and Yom Tov
Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, Seattle: 40–41
West Seattle Torah Learning Center, Seattle
Mercaz Seattle, North Seattle, Modern Orthodox minyan meets for Shabbat and Yom Tov
Spokane Sephardic Center, Clayton, Orthodox minyan meets when groups are lodging for Shabbat and Yom Tov
= Defunct
=Ahavath Ahim, Seattle
Founded by Marmara Jews, built a synagogue in 1922 at 17th and Fir. After 1929, lost members to Sephardic Bikur Holim (consequently known from 1929 into the 1960s as Sephardic Bikur Cholim-Ahavath Ahim) and to Congregation Ezra Bessaroth. Dissolved 1939.: 36
Reconstructionist
Temple Beth Hatfiloh, Olympia
After being unaffiliated since its founding in 1937, the congregation officially aligned with Reconstructionism in 2000: 62–63
Chavurat Shir Hayam (also Renewal), Bainbridge Island
Kadima Reconstructionist Community, Seattle
Founded in 1978 as a progressive Jewish social action group, it became a Reconstructionist congregation in 2005: 82–83
Reform
Bet Chaverim Community Synagogue of South King County, Des Moines: 89
Temple Beth Am, Seattle: 72–73
Temple Beth El, Tacoma
This merges the earlier Temple Beth Israel and Sinai Temple. The latter, a Conservative congregation since 1938, traces back to the Orthodox Congregation Hevra Talmud Torah, founded 1909: 16–17, 36–37
Congregation Beth Hatikvah, Bremerton: 68
Congregation Beth Israel, Walla Walla(formerly Congregation Beth Israel Myer Youdovitch Memorial, unaffiliated)
Congregation Emmanu-El, Spokane (merger of Congregations Beth Haverim and Ner-Tamid in 2009)
Temple Beth Israel, Aberdeen
An antecedent was the Grays Harbor Reform Hebrew Congregation that met in a F.O.E. hall 1913–1928. Serves both Reform and Orthodox: 43
Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham
Founded 1906, officially affiliated as Orthodox 1908–1986, Reform since then: 28
Temple Beth Or, Everett
In 1987, Temple Beth Or absorbed the former Congregation Moses Montefiore, Orthodox: 46, 87
Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue: 78
Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver
Olympic B'nai Shalom Havurah, Port Angeles
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle
This merges the earlier Temple De Hirsch, Seattle and Temple Sinai, Bellevue: 21–23
Kol HaNeshamah—West Seattle's Progressive Synagogue Community, Seattle: 94
Congregation Kol Shalom, Bainbridge Island: 84
Temple Shalom (Yakima: 86
= Defunct
=Temple Adath Israel, Centralia
Orthodox 1928–1950s, then Reform. Temple sold 1994: 57–58
Congregation House of Israel, Everett (defunct, 1915–1920): 46
Renewal
Congregation Eitz Or, Seattle: 90
Chavurat Shir Hayam (also Reconstructionist), Bainbridge Island
Gonazaga Jewish Bulldogs Friday Night Service, Spokane at Gonzaga University
Unaffiliated
Bet Shira, Port Townsend
Fort Lewis Jewish Chapel, Fort Lewis
Havurat Ee Shalom, Vashon Island
Hillel: Jewish Student Organization of WSU & UI, Pullman and Moscow, Idaho
Jewish Community of the Palouse, Pullman and Moscow, Idaho
Jewish Federation at Bastyr (JFAB, a Jewish student group at Bastyr University with campuses and Clinics in Kenmore, Washington, Seattle, Washington and San Diego, California
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah, Seattle
A gay and lesbian congregation: 83
Greater Wenatchee Jewish Community (Wenatchee, Washington
Described by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS) as "a quasi-Reform temple," it was Seattle's first congregation (1889) and synagogue (1892): 10–11
Kavana Cooperative, Seattle
= Defunct
=Ohaveth Sholum Congregation, Seattle
Notes
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of synagogues and Jewish congregations in Washington
- List of the oldest synagogues in the United States
- Touro Synagogue
- List of synagogues in the United States
- Congregation Mickve Israel
- Messianic Judaism
- Central Synagogue (Manhattan)
- List of Reconstructionist synagogues
- Adas Israel Congregation (Washington, D.C.)
- Congregation Shearith Israel