Imyuziyam yembali
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archive
uyi 1umntu wasekuhlaleni oyincomayo,
Indawo
1109 W Franklin St
Richmond, VA
The Fan District
Amacebiso asuka kubantu basekuhlaleni
Allen
March 21, 2018
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives is Richmond’s museum of Jewish history, art and culture. It is located in the Fan District of Richmond, in a 20th century row house, just east of the sanctuary of Congregation Beth Ahabah. Jews were doing business in the Virginia Territory as early as 1650, and began to settle in Richmond by the 1760’s. Kahal Kadosh (K.K.) Beth Shalome (Holy Congregation, House of Peace) was organized in the Sephardic tradition in Richmond in 1789. It was the first Jewish congregation in Virginia and the sixth in the United States. In 1841 K.K. Beth Ahabah (House of Love) was established in the Ashkenazic style. The two congregations consolidated in 1898. Many other congregatio
Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives is Richmond’s museum of Jewish history, art and culture. It is located in the Fan District of Richmond, in a 20th century row house, just east of the sanctuary of Congregation Beth Ahabah. Jews were doing business in the Virginia Territory as early as 1650, and began t…
