Congregation Mickve Israel

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Congregation Mickve Israel, founded in 1733, is the oldest Jewish congregation in the South. The current synagogue, erected in Savannah between 1876 and 1878, is designed in the Gothic style and features a museum documenting the congregation's history.

Photograph by Kelly Caudle, New Georgia Encyclopedia

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