Beth Ha Tephila 

Beth Ha Tephila Photo Collection - N3620
Title: Beth Ha Tephila  (OLD)
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Building Address: (Old Temple: Hilliard building on Biltmore Ave across from Eagle St. THEN to Church Street 1902-) 

NEW : 43 North Liberty Street, Asheville NC 28801
Subject - Keyword: Asheville, NC; Jewish community and history; Asheville, NC; Jewish community and Synagogue and temple; Asheville, NC; Judaism and Beth Ha Tephila and  architecture;
Subject - LCSH: Beth Israel (Asheville, N.C.) -- Sources
Bloom, Bernard 
Finkelstein, Leo, 1905-1998 
Finkelstein, Leo, 1905-1998 -- Family
Funston, Stanley 
Jews -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- Sources
Jews -- Southern States -- History
Kaplan, Paul 
Lions Club (Asheville, N.C.) -- Sources
Southern States -- Ethnic relations
Unger, Sidney, Rabbi
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Publisher: D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Contributor: Congregation and Board of Trustees, Temple Beth HaTephila, Asheville, NC ; Southern Highlands Research Center
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Building Current Function: Religion Related Residence
Historical Overview: August 16, 1891 was the day when twenty-seven men founded Congregation Beth HaTephila.

At the very beginning, the congregation and founders were not sure of their ground. Asheville was a little mountain community, with wide, muddy streets. The roads into town were the narrow mountain roads, twisting in tortuous turns for mile on mile, worn down by countless generations of Indians and pioneers. The one-story buildings lined the streets.

On August 16, 1891, they gathered together. They elected Abraham Whitlock as pro-tem president, Solomon Lipinsky as pro-tem treasurer, and G. H. Mayer as pro-tem secretary.

They took unto themselves the age-old Jewish responsibility for the care and education of their children, the establishment of a house of worship and the conduct of services, and the creation of a meeting-place for good fellowship.
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Language: English ; Hebrew
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Coverage - Temporal: 1891- present
Coverage - Spatial: Asheville, NC
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Rights: Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processed by: UNCA Special Collections, Cady Barrett
Updated: 2011-02-25