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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/historical-marker-dedication-the
 -congregation-children-of-israel-synagogue/
SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: The Congregation Children of Israel S
 ynagogue
DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society will hold a dedication for a new
  historical marker for The Congregation Children of Israel Synagogue.\n\nT
 he dedication will take place on Sunday\, June 8\, 2025\, at 2:00 p.m.\, a
 t the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art\, 506 Telfair Street\, in Augusta\
 , Georgia.\n\nParking can be found on Telfair Street and near the Augusta 
 Jewish Museum Education Center and Municipal Building\, 525 Telfair Stree
 t. The event is open to the public.\n\nThe historical marker reads:\nThe C
 ongregation Children of Israel Synagogue\nIn 1846\, Augusta-area Jews foun
 ded the city’s first congregation\, B’nai Israel\, later Congregation 
 Children of Israel (CCI)\, building its first synagogue here in 1869. Memb
 ership reflected Jewish migration to the United States\, including Central
  and Eastern European Jews seeking to escape persecution to find economic 
 opportunities and social freedoms. CCI was founded as Orthodox\, represent
 ing traditional views\, like other congregations across the US between 186
 0-1880\, and later adopted the progressive practices of Reform Judaism to 
 serve its diverse congregation. Jewish migration to Augusta increased unti
 l the federal 1924 Immigration Act limited Eastern European Jewish immigra
 tion. In 1951\, CCI moved to a larger synagogue on Walton Way. The city us
 ed the original synagogue as offices until 2015. Now preserved\, it is th
 e oldest standing synagogue building in Georgia and operates as the August
 a Jewish Museum Cultural Center.\nErected by the Georgia Historical Societ
 y and the Augusta Jewish Museum\n&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:Events,Historical Markers
LOCATION:Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art\, 506 Telfair Street\, Augusta\,
  GA\, 30901\, United States
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