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Temple Israel is a Reform synagogue in Paducah, Kentucky. ==History== The community was founded in 1864 as the Paducha Chevra Yeshrun Burial Society, and the synagogue was chartered in 1871. In 1873 it became a charter member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Judaism). Paducah's elaborate, Moorish Revival Temple was built in 1893 on the corner of Broadway and 7th Street. The architect was Brinton B. Davis who went on to build the original buildings of Western Kentucky University.〔Lee Shai Weisbach, ''Synagogues of Kentucky: History and Architecture'', University Press of Kentucky, 1995, p. 70.〕 The building featured a central tower and a pair of minarets, all three topped with large onion domes (these domes were removed in the early 1930s). There was an oriel window on the front of the tower, and three tiers of horseshoe windows. The front entrance featured a tripartite, columned, horseshoe-arched doorway topped by a tripartite tier of horseshoe windows. This synagogue building was torn down in 1963.〔Lee Shai Weisbach, ''Synagogues of Kentucky: History and Architecture'', University Press of Kentucky, 1995, p. 69.〕 The current Temple building, dedicated in May, 1963, is at the corner of Madison and Joe Clifton Drive.〔 Temple Israel Website, http://www.templeisrael.us/aboutus/history/〕 According to the stone at its entrance, the Temple Israel Cemetery was established in 1859. It is located on Lone Oak Road, adjacent to (Mt. Kenton Cemetery ) 〔 Mt. Kenton Cemetery, http://www.mtkenton.com/〕 〔(Kentucky ), International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project website. Accessed March 31, 2009.〕 Unfortunately, in 2004, the current Temple building was attacked by antisemitic vandals.〔"Vandals Strike Paducah Temple," ''Associated Press'', ''The Courier Journal'', Louisville, KY, February 21, 2004.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple Israel (Paducah, Kentucky)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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