Talk:List of synagogues in the United States

Temporary note and article deletion
It is highly likely that editors will wish to delete this article, which has previously been deleted. I included a temporary note in the article, full copy is: Temporary note: Please do not Speedy Delete or PROD, to save time (as those will be promptly disputed), and to allow fuller discussion by AFD or otherwise. This recreates a list-article that was previously deleted in 2007 ( Articles for deletion/List of synagogues in the United States ). This new version may be tested by AFD, however it will turn out now that it will be Kept, as it fits within world-wide List of synagogues and current guidelines and practices. wp:CLN and wp:SALAT fully address many of the previous delete voters' arguments. Please notice there was Articles for deletion/List of synagogues resulting in decision to keep / no decision to delete, and there is a world-wide list system now in place, with glaring omission of this U.S. list of notable synagogues. The correct process to recreate this list article by my reading of guidelines is to create it again boldly, possibly endure speedy and PROD (waste of time), then endure AFD again or Deletion Review. A new test case is needed before Deletion Review is appropriate, by my reading of process. Please do not discuss further here but rather comment at Talk. To facilitate orderly processing, please consider discussing here. --doncram (talk) 10:25, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


 * As i half-expected might happen, User:Orlady has come by to dispute the display of the temporary note by hiding it. I restored display of the note, which provides useful links to previous AFD and other pages.  I think it is useful to have it displayed on the article, like a custom tag, temporarily, to head off knee-jerk actions like speedy-deletes.  Please note this discussion section existed with title specifically chosen to encourage discussion here, rather than edit-warring in the article.  Please respect this request to discuss matters here.  Orlady, if you get a consensus of some number of editors over the next day or two, all saying that it is just so awful to have a temporary note in mainspace for a few days, then i will agree to remove or hide it.  But, the point is to head off drama.  You don't have to choose to introduce drama about the note.  Please consider just dropping it. --doncram (talk) 17:23, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I think now the note served its purpose and I removed it myself. Hopefully any editor wishing to dispute the topic of the list-article will see and consider this discussion here.  Enough about the temporary note.  Thanks. --doncram (talk) 18:36, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

more to add
Hey, i notice an editor adding many more entries of synagogues that are shown to be notable by their having Wikipedia articles already. More to add, which may or may not have articles already, are those listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. NRHP listing establishes wikipedia-notability in most cases. These include the following from a quick search of National Register-listed places having "synagogue" in their name:

Of course there are other NRHP-listed synagogues that don't have "synagogue" in their name, too. Hope this helps. --doncram (talk) 19:00, 30 July 2010 (UTC) P.S. Perhaps items here could be stricken out when coverage in the list is verified. --doncram (talk) 19:06, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Adas Israel Synagogue, 	Washington 	DC
 * Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard Synagogue, Newton 	MA
 * Agudath Sholem Synagogue, Stamford, Connecticut
 * Ahavas Sholem Synagogue, New Haven 	CT
 * Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue, Glen Wild 	NY
 * Anshei Israel Synagogue, Lisbon 	CT
 * Aqudas Achim Synagogue, Livingston Manor 	NY
 * B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Virginia 	MN
 * B'Nai Israel Synagogue, Cape Girardeau 	MO
 * B'nai Israel Synagogue (Woodbourne, New York)
 * B'nai Israel Synagogue (Toledo, Ohio)
 * B'nai Israel Synagogue and Cemetery, Thomasville 	GA
 * try also B'Nai Israel Synagogue (disambiguation)
 * B'nai Jacob Synagogue (Ottumwa, Iowa)
 * B'Nai Jacob Synagogue (Middletown, Pennsylvania)
 * try also B'Nai Jacob Synagogue (disambiguation)
 * Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Baltimore, MD
 * Beth David Synagogue, Amenia 	NY
 * Beth El Synagogue, Waterbury 	CT
 * Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Hartford 	CT
 * Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, New York 	NY
 * Beth Hillel Synagogue, Carmel 	NJ
 * Beth Israel Synagogue (New Haven, Connecticut)
 * Beth Israel Synagogue (Norwalk, Connecticut)
 * Beth Israel Synagogue (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
 * try also Beth Israel Synagogue (disambiguation)
 * Beth Shalom Synagogue (Kansas City. Missouri)
 * Beth Sholom Synagogue (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania)
 * try also Beth Sholom Synagogue (disambiguation)
 * Bialystoker Synagogue, New York, New York
 * Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel Synagogue, Swan Lake 	NY
 * Bikur Cholim Synagogue, Bridgeport 	CT
 * Broadway Synagogue, Old, 	New York 	NY
 * Central Synagogue, 	New York 	NY
 * Chevra B'nai Yisroel Synagogue, 	Council Bluffs 	IA
 * Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, 	Monticello 	NY
 * Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Synagogue, Hartford 	CT
 * Chizuk Amuno Synagogue, Baltimore (Independent City) 	MD
 * Congregation B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue and Community House, New York 	NY
 * Congregation B'rith Sholem Synagogue, Ogden 	UT
 * Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue (Boise, Idaho)
 * Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
 * and try Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue (disambiguation)
 * Congregation Bnai Israel Synagogue, Fleischmanns 	NY
 * Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue, Salt Lake City 	UT
 * Congregation Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Greenport 	NY
 * Ein Jacob (Ayn Yacob) Synagogue, Bridgeport 	CT
 * Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York 	NY
 * First Romanian-American Congregation Synagogue, New York 	NY
 * Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue, Philadelphia 	PA
 * Hebrew Congregation of Mountaindale Synagogue, Mountaindale 	NY
 * House of Peace Synagogue, Columbia 	SC
 * Hunter Synagogue, Hunter 	NY
 * Beth Joseph Synagogue, Tupper Lake 	NY
 * and more in the following
 * Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston 	SC
 * Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue, New York 	NY
 * Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, Chicago 	IL
 * Keneseth Israel Synagogue, Louisville 	KY
 * Knesseth Israel Synagogue, Ellington 	CT
 * Lloyd Street Synagogue, Baltimore (Independent City) 	MD
 * Loch Sheldrake Synagogue, Loch Sheldrake 	NY
 * Magen David Synagogue, Brooklyn 	NY
 * Ohave Shalom Synagogue, Woodridge 	NY
 * Ohev Sholem Synagogue, New London 	CT
 * Old Bnai Zion Synagogue, El Paso 	TX
 * Old Ohavi Zedex Synagogue, Burlington 	VT
 * Old Synagogue, Madison 	WI
 * Park East Synagogue, Congregation Zichron Ephraim, New York 	NY
 * Poile Zedek Synagogue, New Brunswick 	NJ
 * Rodeph Shalom Synagogue, Philadelphia 	PA
 * Shaarai Torah Synagogue, Worcester 	MA
 * Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue, Baltimore (Independent City) 	MD
 * Sons of Jacob Synagogue, Providence 	RI
 * South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue, South Fallsburg 	NY
 * Spring Glen Synagogue, Spring Glen 	NY
 * St. Thomas Synagogue, Charlotte 	VI
 * St. Thomas Synagogue-Beracha Veshalom Vegemiluth Hasadim, Charlotte Amalie 	VI
 * Synagogue B'nai Abraham, Brenham 	TX
 * Tefereth Israel Anshei Parksville Synagogue, Parksville 	NY
 * Tephereth Israel Synagogue, New Britain 	CT
 * Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Lincoln 	NE
 * Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Newport 	RI
 * Ulster Heights Synagogue, Ulster Heights 	NY
 * United Synagogue of Hoboken, Hoboken 	NJ
 * West End Congregation--Achavath Achim Synagogue, Bridgeport 	CT
 * Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue, Woodbine 	NJ
 * Since you re-created this deleted list, why don't you take on the responsibility of populating it with these entries? Jayjg (talk) 21:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Umm, i am helping here. To be glib, since Wikipedia is not complete, why don't you take on the responsibility of completing it?  If you want to help here, please do. --doncram (talk) 22:06, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not even sure this list should exist. You, on the other hand, re-created it, and have no trouble listing all sorts of synagogues to be added on its Talk: page. It would make more sense for you to just put them in the article instead, don't you think? Jayjg (talk) 22:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, you don't want to help, and you're on the sidelines, presumably considering opening an AFD as you have for other articles where i was trying to help. Thanks for your input.  Perhaps you have discouraged the other editor (who actually seemed to appreciate my involvement) and perhaps you will dissuade future possible editors from contributing, too.  I actually wonder: are you trying to drive me away?  --doncram (talk) 05:19, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Issue w parallel list
Hello. Editors who edit this list may be interested in a deletion at a parallel list as discussed here.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Issue w parallel list
Hello. Editors who edit this list may be interested in a deletion at a parallel list as discussed here.--Epeefleche (talk) 17:09, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

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Scope of article
This article had many of the same problems that List of Jewish communities in North America had. So many, in fact, that if this resumes, I would suggest any editor who sees this to compare the behavior to that at Sockpuppet investigations/Gylatshalit. Anyway...

All articles must be sourced. As a convenience, sources for list articles like this are often at the linked articles, instead of the list itself. This is not an excuse to include unsourced content. Articles must be based on reliable, external sources, and to preserve neutrality, those sources should be independent of the subject they discuss. This is a central aspect of Wikipedia's mission: Verifiability. Another part of that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. This is obvious, but it means that Wikipedia is not a directory. We cannot even begin to include a listing of every single synagogue in the country. For one thing, that list would be constantly changing. For another, not every synagogue is going to be encyclopedically significant. For yet another, this would attract spam and promotional content. This last one has already started to happen. Good intentions or not, including promotional wording and links to a synagogue's site is totally unacceptable.

To prevent these problems from growing out of hand, I have trimmed the list down (again) to only those entries which already have Wikipedia articles. I hope this explains why, thanks. Grayfell (talk) 08:11, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Former synagogues
There are a large number of synagogue buildings in the United States that have articles on them by virtue of them being listed on the NRHP. Should this article include those buildings that were synagogues that are no longer used for that purpose? If so, should they be clearly marked as such? Or should it contain only 'active' synagogue buildings? Thoughts and suggestions are welcome? Rangasyd (talk) 02:34, 16 January 2024 (UTC)