Temple Beth-El (Anniston, Alabama)

Temple Beth-El is a historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 301 East Thirteenth Street, in Anniston, Alabama, United States. The synagogue was built in 1891 in the Romanesque Revival style.^[2]

AffiliationReform Judaism

Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue

LeadershipRabbi Lauren Cohn

StatusActive

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Temple Beth-El
The synagogue building, in 2014
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Lauren Cohn
Status	Active
Location
Location	301 East Thirteenth Street,[a] Anniston, Alabama 36201
Country	United States
Location in Alabama
Coordinates	33°39′40″N 85°49′33″W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Style	Romanesque Revival Vernacular Romanesque
Established	1888 (as a congregation)
Completed	1891
Website
beth-el.bridgesite.org
Temple Beth-El
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Anniston MRA
NRHP reference No.	85002887
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1985
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The synagogue was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.

Established as a congregation in 1888, and supported by the Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society that was established in 1890, the congregation completed the building in 1891 and, by 1893, was dedicated as free of debt.^[3]

As of November 2018^[update], the rabbi was Lauren Cohn, appointed earlier that year.^[4]