St. Thomas Synagogue

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Sephardic synagogue historic site religious building synagogue

St. Thomas Synagogue is a historic Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, renowned as one of the oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
St. Thomas Synagogue canonical	2
Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue	1
Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas	1
Jewish community of Saint Thomas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sephardic synagogue ⓘ historic site ⓘ religious building ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
affiliation	St. Thomas Synagogue self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
alsoKnownAs	St. Thomas Synagogue ⓘ surface form: Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue
architecturalStyle	Caribbean vernacular architecture ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
built	1833 ⓘ
category	National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ Sephardi Jewish culture in the Caribbean ⓘ Synagogues in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
constructionMaterial	coral stone ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1997 ⓘ
denomination	Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
designationAsNationalHistoricLandmark	1997 ⓘ
earlierSynagogueDestroyedBy	fire ⓘ
floorMaterial	sand ⓘ
founded	1796 ⓘ
foundedBy	Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardic Jews Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Spanish and Portuguese Jews
hasCemetery	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	ark on eastern wall ⓘ bimah in center of sanctuary ⓘ separate women’s gallery ⓘ
hasRitual	Orthodox Jewish services ⓘ Sephardic liturgy ⓘ
heritage	Spanish and Portuguese Jewish tradition ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest continuously used synagogues in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ oldest synagogues in the United States territories ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean ⓘ Charlotte Amalie ⓘ Saint Thomas ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: United States Virgin Islands
nativeName	Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim ⓘ
notableFeature	brass chandeliers ⓘ coral-limestone walls ⓘ mahogany furnishings ⓘ sand-covered floor ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
servesCommunity	St. Thomas Synagogue self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jewish community of Saint Thomas
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
tradition	Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardi Judaism
yearCompleted	1833 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlotte Amalie → hasReligiousBuilding → St. Thomas Synagogue ⓘ

St. Thomas Synagogue → alsoKnownAs → St. Thomas Synagogue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beracha Veshalom Vegmiluth Hasadim Synagogue

St. Thomas Synagogue → servesCommunity → St. Thomas Synagogue self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish community of Saint Thomas

St. Thomas Synagogue → affiliation → St. Thomas Synagogue self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas

National Historic Landmarks in the United States Virgin Islands → hasMember → St. Thomas Synagogue ⓘ