Our History

Temple B'Nai Israel of Anderson

Our History

Here we will tell the story of the beginnings of our Synagogue and how we became what we are today.

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Our Synagogue was built in 1948. Max Siegel wanted his grandson to have his Bar Mitzvah in a "Synagogue". Before that, services were held above a department store in downtown Anderson.

Our congregation has been in Anderson for well over 100 years.

We invite you to become a part of the synagogue today and a piece of its history tomorrow.

I am happy to report that the organization I wrote the Anderson community history for has posted it on their web site. Spread the news to your fellow Andersonians and check it out at http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/main_sc.htm to get to the SC section. At that point, you can click on the town you want to read about. Make sure you let people know that we welcome additions (such as the cemetery info you are pursuing) or corrections to the community histories. You can do this by contacting me or Stuart Rockoff, the director of the History Dept. at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, via their web site. Happy reading! Alyssa