RT Congregation Mickve Israel

One of the oldest synagogues in the United States and is a rare example of a Gothic-style synagogue

General Information

Hours:

Cemetery Gates Open:
8an to 5pm daily

Fees:

No fees

Pet Policy:

Pets and their handlers shall remain on public rights-of-way within the cemetery and shall not encroach on a cemetery lot without the consent of the lot owner

Seasons:

All year

How to Get There

Overview

Congregation Mickve Israel is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States, organized in 1735 by mostly Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish-Portuguese descent who arrived in Georgia from London in 1733. Its current synagogue on Monterey Square, consecrated in 1878, is a rare Gothic Revival synagogue designed by New York architect Henry G. Harrison, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

The property once included a cemetery dedicated by Mordecai Sheftall in 1773, and the Mordecai Sheftall Memorial, added in 1902, housed meeting rooms and a religious school. Today the congregation belongs to the Union for Reform Judaism.

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