Congregation Achduth Vesholom

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Congregation Achduth Vesholom
Religion
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
LeadershipRabbi Meir Bargeron
StatusActive
Location
Location5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46807
CountryUnited States
USA Indiana relief location map.svg
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Location in Indiana
Geographic coordinates 41°02′09″N85°09′06″W / 41.035942°N 85.151559°W / 41.035942; -85.151559
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
Style Gothic Revival (1874)
Date established1848 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1874 (Harrison and Wayne Sts.)
  • 1917 (Wayne and Fairfield Sts.)
  • 1961 (Old Mill Road)
Construction cost$25,000 (1874)
Website
templecav.org

Congregation Achduth Vesholom (transliterated from Hebrew as "Unity and Peace" [1] [2] [3] ) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 5200 Old Mill Road in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the United States. [1] [4]

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History

Achduth Vesholom is the oldest congregation in Indiana, formed on October 26, 1848 as a German Orthodox congregation, [1] [5] [2] [6] called "The Society for Visiting the Sick and Burying the Dead". [1] [7] The congregation initially worshiped in private homes. [8] [9]

In 1857, the synagogue purchased the former German Methodist Church building on Harrison Street for $1,200 ($39,000 today), which was dedicated as a synagogue. [2] [9] The first rabbi was Joseph Solomon, who served until 1859. [9] In 1861, the congregation adopted its current name. [1] [2]

On the corner of Harrison and Wayne Streets, the congregation built a Gothic Revival-style temple with seating for 800 people in 1874 at the cost of $25,000 (equivalent to $673,000 today); [2] [9] and in the same year the congregation joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. [6] Adolf Guttmacher was rabbi from 1889 to 1891. [10] Samuel Hirshberg was rabbi from 1891 to 1895. [11]

The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets; [6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961. [2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick, [12] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020 as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader. [13]

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