Temple Mishkan Israel and St. Paul's Episcopal Church will hold a Holocaust remembrance event on April 16 at 2:30 p.m.
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Temple Mishkan Israel has been in Selma for 120 years.
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After 20 years of talking about renovating Temple Mishkan Israel, efforts are now underway to raise $7 to $9 million needed to update the 120-year-old building to museum quality and preserve the Jewish history in Selma. Organizers plan to create a Jewish Legacy Museum in a house next to and owned by the temple. Ronnie […]
Temple Mishkan Israel. Photo from Facebook.
With four active members, Temple Mishkan Israel is a historic building that has not only served as sacred space for Selma’s Jewish community but also played a role in the Civil Rights Movement. According to the Jewish Federation of Central Alabama, the temple was first built in 1899 with a Romanesque Revival style of architecture. It […]