Temple of Aaron Congregation
Temple of Aaron Congregation is a Conservative Judaism synagogue in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1910, it resides in a prominent location on Mississippi River Boulevard in the Highland Park neighborhood. thumb|Frontal view of the original Temple of Aaron synagogue on the corner of Ashland Avenue and Avon Street in St. Paul, Minnesota., 1916.
Early history
Temple of Aaron was founded in 1910 in the St. Paul neighborhood of Cathedral Hill[1]. Named after Aaron Mark, who was a founding member of Sons of Jacob who had recently passed.[1], the congregation had its roots in the Orthodox community, though they would go on to firmly embrace the Conservative movement by the 1920s. The congregation's first building was constructed at the corners of Ashland Avenue and North Grotto Street and was completed in 1916. In their new building, they also housed a Hebrew School, which was a precursor to the Talmud Torah of St. Paul. By 1923, the congregation had about 250 members[1].
In 1951, Bernard S. Raskas was hired as the new assistant rabbi. When the Temple of Aaron building burned down six months later, Rabbi Raskas was instrumental in guiding the fundraising and construction of a new building[2]. When Rabbi Herman Cohen retired, Raskas became senior rabbi in 1953. The new building, designed by Percival Goodman, opened in 1956 at 616 Mississippi River Boulevard, where it remains today[3]. Rabbi Raskas would serve Temple of Aaron until his retirement in 1989[4]. In 2006, a part of Hartford Avenue that runs north of the synagogue was renamed Raskas Road[5]. Rabbi Jeremy Fine joined the congregation in 2012 and was named the synagogue's Senior Rabbi in 2017[6]
See also
External links
- Official website
- Finding aid to the Rabbi Bernard Raskas papers at the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.
Further reading
- Rubenstein, Doris. (2007). You're Always Welcome at the Temple of Aaron. St. Paul : Temple of Aaron, Minneapolis : Lerner Publishing.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Temple of Aaron, St Paul". MNopedia. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Temple of Aaron: A synagogue history" (PDF). Temple of Aaron. Retrieved January 2017. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Temple of Aaron's '50s aesthetic: optimistic, cosmopolitan and forward-looking". MinnPost. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ↑ "Longtime Temple of Aaron Rabbi Bernard Raskas, 86, dies". Twin Cities. 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ↑ Specktor, Mordecai (June 23, 2010). "Rabbi Bernard Raskas touched many lives". American Jewish World. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Clergy & Staff | Temple of Aaron". templeofaaron.org. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
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