Jewish Museum of New Jersey

Ahavas Sholom
Location: 145 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey
Area: 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built: 1923
Architectural style: Classical Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 00001530[1]
NJRHP #: [2]
Added to NRHP: December 13, 2000

The Jewish Museum of New Jersey, at Ahavas Sholom, is located at 145 Broadway in Newark, New Jersey.[3]

The museum opened in 2007. The historic building in the Broadway neighborhood is housed is the longest continually operating synagogue in the city.[4] It was built in 1923 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is one of fifty synagogues that once stood in Newark, serving a Jewish population of 70,000, once the sixth largest Jewish community in the United States.

The Museum creates rotating and traveling exhibitions, utilizing photographs, paintings, panel displays, artifacts, text, music and multi-media. It includes includes a small library, media center, and gift shop. As of 2010, the Museum is open only on Sundays.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 5. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2010. 
  3. ^ Jewish Museum of New Jersey
  4. ^ Congregation Ahavas Sholom

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