Adath Israel
1842
German Hebrew congregation in Louisville, Kentucky. Established in 1842.
Bibliography
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day _, ed. Isidore Singer, vol. 7 (New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co, 1906), p. 467.
Lee Shai Weissbach, "Kentucky Jewry During the Civil War," in _The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, vol. 110, No. 2 (Spring 2012), pp. 165-84.
Citation
Adath Israel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199008 (November 12, 2026).
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