Beth Israel Synagogue
Atlantic City, Atlantic County
founded c.1839, built 1881-82
Atlantic City's Beth Israel congregation built this Moorish style synagogue
in 1891-93 on Pennsylvania Avenue, two blocks from the Trump Taj Mahal
Casino. It later served as a restaurant and a rooming house, but in the spring of 2001, when I last visited the place, it was boarded up and for sale. The Moorish style, not evident
any longer, was one of the commoner architectural styles adopted for
Jewish worship, although there are examples of Georgian, Greek Revival
and Romanesque synagogues throughout the county.