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1. LASMAL_100316_05.JPG: Original Adas Israel Synagogue Dedicated 1876 -- Restored 1975 Listed on United States Register of Historic Places and an officially designated landmark of the District of Columbia Maintained by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington as the Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum of Washington
2. LASMAL_100907_009.JPG: "The neighborhood was our whole life." -- Albert Small, born in the neighborhood in 1902 This is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Washington. Constructed in 1876 by Adas Israel Congregation, and originally located at Sixth and G Streets, it served the German-Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in the neighborhood. Albert Small, a member of the congregation, grew up on Fifth Street and recalled that as a boy, "the neighborhood was our whole life [and] the synagogue was the focal point. We went to school at Seaton, and we took our music lessons in St. Mary's across the street from our house. We used to help in the family store two blocks away." When the congregation outgrew this sanctuary in 1906, a Greek Orthodox church and later a carry-out restaurant occupied the building. Threatened with demolition in 1969, the building was moved to its present location and restored as a museum bearing the name of its benefactors, Lillian and Albert Small. This historic synagogue symbolizes the rich immigrant history of the eastern section of Washington's downtown. Beginning with the Irish and German craftsmen who arrived in the early 19th century to work on the government buildings, the area has been a place for newcomers from around the world to establish an economic foothold in the federal city -- Jews, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Russians, Chinese, and others. The legacy of the neighborhood's immigrant history surrounds you. Holy Rosary Catholic Church (founded about 1913 near its present site at Third and F Streets) served the surrounding Italian community. It still celebrates Mass in Italian, St. Mary's Catholic Church (established in 1846), at Fifth and H Streets, founded by Germans, today holds Mass in Latin and Cantonese. St. Patrick's Catholic Church (founded in 1794) and still located on its original site on Tenth Street between F and G, was established to serve Irish immigrants. And three former synagogues,on or near I Street, are now Baptist or African Methodist Episcopal churches serving African American congregations.
3. LASMAL_100907_107.JPG: Flashbacks by Patrick M. Reynolds The Oldest Shul in the Capital Shul in Yiddish for synagogue. The Washington Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish worship group in DC, was founded in 1852 by Ashkenazie (Germanic) Jews. Initially they held services in members' homes or in rented facilities. They purchased an old church on 8th Street between H and I Streets NW and converted it into a synagogue in 1859. Men and women sat separately. A rift occurred in 1869 when Reformed members installed an organ in the synagogue. A group of 38 Orthodox families broke away. The Washington Hebrew Congregation built their own synagogue on 8th St in the 1890s. The Orthodox Jews formed the Adas Israel congregation and started to constrct a synagogue at 6th and G Streets NW in 1873. It was finished three years later. The Adas Israel Synagogue was dedicated on June 9, 1876 with a three-hour Orthodox service. In attendence was President Ulysses S. Grant. The Adas Israel Shul still stands.
4. LASMAL_100907_114.JPG: Flashbacks by Patrick M. Reynolds The Mobile Synagogue The Adas Israel Synagogue stood at 6th and G Streets NW in Washington, DC from 1876 to 1969. The last Jewish service was held there in 1906. The Gatti family, Washington realtors, purchased the property. Over the years, they rented it to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Sophia and to an Evangelistic Congregation. By 1946, the ground floor had been converted into several stores including a carry-out barbeque shop. Then, Washington Metro executives planned to knock it down in order to build the subway. "We've had it declared a National Historic Site. Soon we'll move the building." The ground floor was structurally weak, so workers proceeded to place the upper part of the synagogue on a 28-wheeled dolly. The Adas Israel Synagogue was moved three blocks on December 18, 1969 at a cost of $150,000. Now standing at G and 3rd Streets, NW, the structure is the home of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington.
Wikipedia Description: Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
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The Capital Jewish Museum, officially the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, is a historical society and its planned museum in Washington, D.C., focused on the history of Jewish life in the American capital city and the surrounding Washington metropolitan area.

Formerly known as the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW), the organization adopted a new name in 2018 as it prepared for the opening of its new museum facility, expected in 2021. The organization was founded in 1960 and incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1965. From 1975 to 2016, it operated the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum in the historic Adas Israel Synagogue building, an 1876 structure that is the oldest surviving synagogue in the city. The synagogue building has been moved three times in its history, with a final move in 2019 to become part of the planned Capital Jewish Museum.
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