Historical Marker
Temple B'Nai Sholom
Brookhaven, Lincoln County · Mississippi
Erected by Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2012
Brookhaven's Jewish community never passed a hundred people, yet it raised a Gothic temple in 1896 with fundraising letters sent to its merchants' trading partners, Jewish and not. The congregation never had a full-time rabbi; members led services, and Jews from Hazlehurst, Wesson and Crystal Springs, which had no congregations, came to worship. B'nai Sholom followed Reform practice and held weekly services into the 1970s. It was the oldest synagogue still in use in Mississippi until a deconsecration on August 30, 2009, and the building now holds a local history museum.
Where it stands
31.57815, -90.44658 · Directions
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