List of synagogues in Wisconsin

This is a list of Wisconsin synagogues including the city.

Name	City	Status	Denomination	Notes
Baith Israel	Antigo	defunct	unknown	Founded 1915. Sold to Odd Fellows Club, 1947
Moses Montefiore Synagogue	Appleton	active	Conservative	USCJ member
Temple Zion	Appleton	defunct	Reform	Est. 1883. Was Reform. Being refurbished by current owner. Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (father of Harry Houdini) was rabbi early on.
B'nai Israel Synagogue	Ashland	defunct	unknown	Destroyed
Congregation B'nai Abraham	Beloit	active	Reform	Founded 1907 as Orthodox. URJ member.
Temple Sholom	Eau Claire	active	Conservative	USCJ member. Building was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Church
Kehillath Jacob Synagogue	Fond du Lac	defunct	Orthodox	Built 1923.
Temple Beth Israel	Fond du Lac	active	Conservative	New building, 1959. Open only occasionally now.
Congregation Sinai	Milwaukee	active	Reform
Anshe Sfard Kehillat Torah	Glendale	active	Orthodox
Ohr HaTorah - Jewish Heritage Center	Glendale	active	Orthodox
Congregation Cnesses Israel	Green Bay	active	Conservative	USCJ member
Sharey Zedek	Hurley	defunct	unknown	Converted to apartments
Beth Hillel Temple	Kenosha	active	Reform	URJ member
Chabad of Kenosha/Congregation Bnai Zedek Chabad	Kenosha	active	Orthodox	Chabad Lubavitch. Originally Congregation Bnai Zedek. Built 1910.
Congregation Anche Chesed	La Crosse	defunct	Reform	Built 1867.
Congregation Sons of Abraham	La Crosse	active	Conservative	USCJ member. First synagogue 1905, new building 1947.
Beth Israel Center	Madison	active	Conservative - Egalitarian	1944 combined congregations Beth Jacob (conservative), Agudas Achim and Adas Jeshuran (both orthodox)
Temple Beth El	Madison	active	Reform
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	unknown	Building is now a Museum (Shaarei Shamayim is Hebrew for Gates of Heaven)
Anshe Poale Zedek	Manitowoc	active	Orthodox	Built 1954
Sons of Jacob Synagogue	Marinette	defunct	unknown	One of three synagogues in Marinette in 1903
Agudas Achim Chabad	Mequon	active	Orthodox	Chabad Lubavitch. Founded 1986.
Anshai Lebowitz	Mequon	active	Orthodox	Founded 1998
Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue	Glendale	active	Conservative	USCJ member
Congregation Shir Hadash	Milwaukee	active	Reconstructionist	An affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.
Beth Jehudah	Milwaukee	active	Orthodox	Founded in 1939 by Rabbi Jacob Twerski.
Congregation Bais Dovid	Milwaukee	active	Orthodox
Congregation Beth Israel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)	Milwaukee	active	Conservative	USCJ member. website
Congregation Shalom	Milwaukee	active	Reform
Jewish REACH Russian Educational and Aid Center	Milwaukee	active	Orthodox	Chabad Lubavitch. Holds sabbath and holiday services.
Lake Park Synagogue	Milwaukee	active	Modern Orthodox	OU member
The Shul Bayside	Milwaukee	active	Orthodox	Chabad Lubavitch.
The Shul East	Milwaukee	active	Orthodox	Chabad Lubavitch.
Temple Menorah	Milwaukee	active	Conservative
Temple B'nai Israel	Oshkosh	active	Reform	Congregation founded 1895. First synagogue, 1902. New building 1948. URJ Member.
Beth Israel Sinai Congregation	Racine	active	Traditional	Non-affiliated[1]
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun	River Hills	active	Reform
Adas Israel	Sheboygan	defunct	Orthodox	Called "The White Shul". Built 1910. Converted to church [2][3]
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)[2][3]
Congregation Beth El	Sheboygan	active	Conservative	Sheboygan's only non-Orthodox synagogue. Built 1944.[2][3]
Ohel Mosche	Sheboygan	defunct	Orthodox	Called "The Holman Shul". Built 1918. Destroyed[2][3]
Beth Israel Synagogue	Stevens Point	defunct	Conservative	Built 1905, disbanded 1986. Portage County Historical Society Museum. Recognized on National Register of Historic Places
Agudas Achim	Superior	defunct	unknown	Known as the Litvische Shul . Eventually replaced by Temple Beth El
Superior Hebrew Congregation	Superior	defunct	unknown	Known as the Russische Shul
Temple Beth El	Superior	defunct	unknown	Founded by former members of Agudas Achim
Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha	Waukesha	active	Reform
Beth Israel	Wausau	defunct	Orthodox	Founded 1917, disbanded 1950. Was Modern Orthodox
Mount Sinai Congregation	Wausau	active	Reform	URJ member. Founded 1914. New building 1991.

See also

• List of Jewish communities by country
• List of Jewish communities in Canada
• List of Jewish communities in the United States of America
• List of Yeshivas and Midrashas in Israel

References

1. Rabbi seeks to build on synagogue's solid base
2. The Second Sheboygan Jewish Community Reunion
3. Bratwurst meets Borscht: The synagogues of Sheboygan, Wis. Sherry Zander in the online edition of the Dallas Jewish Week. August 15, 2002

Resources

• International Jewish Cemetery Project—Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story: Jewish immigrants helped develop small-town Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
• Jewish Museum Milwaukee
• Wisconsin Small Jewish Communities History Project (WI Soc. for Jewish Learning, Inc.)
• Life’s Rich Pageant: A brief history of Wisconsin's small-town Jewish communities
• Milwaukee Jewish Federation synagogue directory
• Article accompanying description and images of Window from "The White Shul", a Sheboygan, Wisconsin synagogue, c. 1910. from WisconsinHistory.org.