This is a list of Wisconsin synagogues.
Name | City | Status | Denomination | Notes |
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Baith Israel | Antigo | defunct | unknown | Founded 1915. Sold to Odd Fellows Club, 1947[1] |
Moses Montefiore Synagogue | Appleton | active | Conservative | USCJ member[2] |
Temple Zion | Appleton | defunct | Reform | Est. 1883. Was Reform. Being refurbished by current owner.[3] Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (father of Harry Houdini) was rabbi early on. |
B'nai Israel Synagogue | Ashland | defunct | unknown | Destroyed.[4] Congregation established 1888, bought an existing church building in 1897, ceased operation and sold building in 1951, structure demolished in 1988. [5] |
Congregation B'nai Abraham | Beloit | active | Reform | Founded 1907 as Orthodox.[6] URJ member |
Temple Sholom | Eau Claire | active | Conservative | USCJ member. Building was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Church[7][8] |
Kehillath Jacob Synagogue | Fond du Lac | defunct | Orthodox | Built 1923[9][10] |
Temple Beth Israel | Fond du Lac | active | Conservative | New building, 1959. Now open occasionally[11] |
Congregation Sinai | Milwaukee | active | Reform | [12] |
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah | Glendale | active | Orthodox | [13] |
Ohr HaTorah - Jewish Heritage Center | Glendale | active | Orthodox | [14] |
Congregation Cnesses Israel | Green Bay | active | Conservative | USCJ member[15] |
Sharey Zedek | Hurley | defunct | unknown | Converted to apartments[16][17][18] |
Beth Hillel Temple | Kenosha | active | Reform | URJ member[19] |
Chabad of Kenosha/Congregation Bnai Zedek Chabad | Kenosha | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch. Originally Congregation Bnai Zedek. Built 1910.[20][21] |
Congregation Anche Chesed | La Crosse | defunct | Reform | Built 1867[22] |
Congregation Sons of Abraham] | La Crosse | active | Reform | URJ member. First synagogue 1905, new building 1947[23] |
Beth Israel Center | Madison | active | Conservative - Egalitarian | 1944 combined congregations Beth Jacob (conservative), Agudas Achim and Adas Jeshuran (both orthodox)[24] |
Temple Beth El | Madison | active | Reform | [25] |
Chabad Lubavitch | Madison | active | Orthodox - Hasidic | Chabad Lubavitch |
Shaarei Shamayim Congregation | Madison | active | Reconstructionist | Congregation meets at Prairie UU Meeting House (Shaarei Shamayim is Hebrew for Gates of Heaven) |
Gates of Heaven Synagogue | Madison | defunct | Building is now publicly available for rental. High Holiday services are held there annually and led by Hannah Rosenthal[26] | |
Anshe Poale Zedek | Manitowoc | active | Orthodox | Built 1954[27][28] |
Sons of Jacob Synagogue | Marinette | defunct | unknown | One of three synagogues in Marinette in 1903[29][permanent dead link] |
Agudas Achim Chabad] | Mequon | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch. Founded 1986[30] |
Anshai Lebowitz | Mequon | active | Orthodox | Originally founded 1908,[31] moved 1998[32] |
Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue | Glendale | active | Conservative | USCJ member[33] |
Congregation Shir Hadash | Milwaukee | active | Reconstructionist | An affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation[34] |
Beth Jehudah | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | Founded in 1939 by Rabbi Jacob Twerski[35] |
Congregation Bais Dovid | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | [36] |
Congregation Beth Israel | Milwaukee | active | Conservative | USCJ member[37] |
Congregation Shalom | Milwaukee | active | Reform | [38] |
Jewish REACH Russian Educational and Aid Center | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch. Holds sabbath and holiday services[39] |
Lake Park Synagogue | Milwaukee | active | Modern Orthodox | OU member[40] |
The Shul Bayside | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch[41] |
The Shul East | Milwaukee | active | Orthodox | Chabad Lubavitch[42] |
Temple Menorah | Milwaukee | active | Conservative | [43] |
Temple B'nai Israel | Oshkosh | active | Reform | Congregation founded 1895. First synagogue, 1902. New building 1948. URJ Member[44] |
Beth Israel Sinai Congregation | Racine | active | Traditional | Non-affiliated[45][46] |
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun | River Hills | active | Reform | |
Adas Israel | Sheboygan | defunct | Orthodox | Called "The White Shul". Built 1910. Converted to church[47][48] |
Ahavas Sholem | Sheboygan | defunct | unknown | Called "The Brick Shul". Originally St. Mary Magdalene, Sheboygan's first Catholic church. Built before 1871. Became Sheboygan's first synagogue 1903. Destroyed (1975)[47][48] |
Congregation Beth El | Sheboygan | active | Conservative | Sheboygan's only non-Orthodox synagogue. Built 1944[49][47][48] |
Ohel Mosche | Sheboygan | defunct | Orthodox | Called "The Holman Shul". Built 1918. Destroyed[47][48] |
Beth Israel Synagogue | Stevens Point | defunct | Conservative | Built 1905, disbanded 1986.[50] Portage County Historical Society Museum. Recognized on National Register of Historic Places[51] |
Agudas Achim | Superior | defunct | unknown | Known as the Litvische Shul.[52] Eventually replaced by Temple Beth El |
Superior Hebrew Congregation | Superior | defunct | unknown | Known as the Russische Shul[53] |
Temple Beth El | Superior | defunct | unknown | Founded by former members of Agudas Achim[54] |
Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha | Waukesha | active | Reform | [55] |
Beth Israel | Wausau | defunct | Orthodox | Founded 1917, disbanded 1950[56] |
Mount Sinai Congregation | Wausau | active | Reform | URJ member. Founded 1914. New building 1991[57] |