Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim (Mobile, Alabama)
Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1769 Springhill Avenue, in Mobile, Alabama, in the United States. Organized in 1844, it is the oldest Jewish congregation in Alabama, and one of the oldest in the United States. The current synagogue for the congregation is the Springhill Avenue Temple.
The Springhill Avenue synagogue building, in 2003
The second synagogue, on Jackson Street, in 1900; used by the congregation from 1857 to 1907.
The former synagogue on Government Street, in c. 1910; used by the congregation from 1907 to 1952.
Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area, a region of 430,197 residents composed of Mobile and Washington counties; it is the third-largest metropolitan area in the state.
Image: Mobile, Alabama Skyline (2022)
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Image: Dauphin Street Mobile Alabama
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