Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
( Holy Congregation House of God )
Founded 1750
The Cradle of Reformed Judaism
In The United States, 1824
Jews who settled in Charleston as early as
1695 worshipped informally until the founding
of this congregation in 1750. First synagogue
on this site, 1780-1792, was a converted cotton
gin. A second built 1793, was burned in 1838.
The Sunday School begun in 1838 was the second
Jewish Sunday School in the United States. The
The present synagogue, designed by C.L. Warner
and built by David Lopez, 1840, is the second
oldest in the United States, and oldest in
continuous use. The tabernacle was built in 1948
on the site of the old tabernacle (1838-1948).
George Washington wrote the congregation
in 1790 :
"May the same temporal and eternal blessings which
you implore for me, rest upon your congregations."
Marker is on Hasell Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
