Greenville in Greenville County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Congregation Beth Israel

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

1. Congregation Beth Israel Marker (Front)

Inscription.
(front)
Around 1910 a group of Jewish families began to meet for Orthodox services in their homes and rented halls around Greenville. Within two years these recent Eastern European immigrants hired Charles Zaglin as their rabbi and kosher butcher. Congregation Beth Israel was incorporated in 1916 and was Greenville’s earliest chartered Jewish organization. The first synagogue was built on Townes Street in 1929. (Continued on other side) (back) (Continued from other side) In 1957 Beth Israel, which affiliated with the Conservative movement in 1954, began construction of its second synagogue. The campus was built in two stages, with the Davis Social Hall, classrooms, and offices built in the first stage. By 1970 the second stage, including a chapel donated by the Heller family, was completed. Max Heller was a past president of Beth Israel and mayor of Greenville, 1971 to 1979.

Erected 2016 by Congregation Beth Israel, Greenville and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina. (Marker Number 23-77.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 34° 52.502′ N, 82°

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23.02′ W. Marker is in Greenville, South Carolina, in Greenville County. It is on Summit Drive 0.2 miles north of Meyers Court, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 425 Summit Drive, Greenville SC 29609, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brutontown (approx. one mile away); Gassaway Mansion (approx. 1.1 miles away); "The Poplars" / Elias Earle (approx. 1.3 miles away); Fountain Fox Beattie House / Greenville Women's Club (approx. 1.3 miles away); Whitehall (approx. 1.3 miles away); Woodlawn Memorial Park Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); McPherson Park (approx. 1.3 miles away); 75 mm Field Gun / 3 inch M1903 (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.

Also see . . . Congregation Beth Israel. Website homepage (Submitted on May 21, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

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Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

2. Congregation Beth Israel Marker (Back)

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Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

3. Congregation Beth Israel Marker

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

4. Congregation Beth Israel Marker

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Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 14, 2022

5. Congregation Beth Israel

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 21, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.