West End Synagogue, originally Khal Kodesh Adath Israel and known for a while as the Gay Street Synagogue, is a congregation in Nashville, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Conservative movement and dates to the 1850s.
Percival Goodman designed its sanctuary in 1950 with a flexible arrangement that was widely imitated. The synagogue includes the Beit Miriam Religious School. Alumni of the school include Washington Post journalist Rosalind S. Helderman.
Arthur Hertzbeg was the rabbi from 1947 until 1956.
In June 1990, the Dixie Knights chapter of the Ku Klux Klan shot at the synagogue in a drive-by shooting, with Grand Wizard Leonard William Armstrong firing a TEC-9 and member Damien Patton driving. KKK member and Christian music producer Jonathan David Brown was found guilty of conspiracy and two counts of perjury for accessory after the fact. Damien Patton pleaded guilty to juvenile misdemeanor.
See also
- Congregation Sherith Israel (Nashville, Tennessee), a historic Orthodox synagogue in Nashville
- Congregation Ohabai Sholom (Nashville, Tennessee), an historic Reform temple whose rabbis played a role in the city's Civil Rights Movement.
References
- Olitzky, Kerry M.; Raphael, Marc Lee (May 2, 1996). The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313288562 – via Google Books.
- Raphael, Marc Lee (April 18, 2011). The Synagogue in America: A Short History. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814777046 – via Google Books.
- Goodman, Percival (May 2, 2001). Percival Goodman: Architect - Planner - Teacher - Painter. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781884919091 – via Google Books.
- "Religious School". West End Synagogue.
- Nadell, Pamela Susan (May 2, 1988). Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313242052 – via Google Books.
- Justia.com. US Court of Appeals, Cases & Opinions. United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jonathan David Brown, Defendant-appellant. Retrieved December 19, 2009.
- Barone, Vincent (2020-04-28). "Banjo app CEO Damien Patton reportedly has KKK past, helped in synagogue shooting". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-05-04.