Temple Beth Israel - Phoenix, AZ
N 33° 27.757 W 112° 04.311
12S E 400395 N 3703088
No longer a functional synagogue, this is the first synagogue in Phoenix, Arizona. It serves now as the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center.
Waymark Code: WM8XYQ
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2010
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The first synagogue building in Phoenix was the first Temple Beth Israel at 122 East Culver. I have found 2 dates of construction, 1920 and 1921. The facility functioned not only as a house of worship but as a community center and gathering place for the small Jewish population. The Culver Street synagogue was home to Temple Beth Israel from 1920-1949. It was recently purchased back from the baptist church it had become, and is undergoing renovation. It will serve as a Jewish Heritage Center, the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center.