Historical Records
This page is dedicated to Sam Baum (of blessed memory), recorder of Jackson’s Jewish history. His handwritten records (transcribed by Pam Dennis) provide biographical information on members of our congregation who lived before our time. (Click here for a transcription of the Sam Baum Papers.) We continue Sam’s work by adding to these records and making them available on our website. This is a work in progresss…please check back often to see what has been added. The list below consists of biographical information, historical photos, and congregational history. Click on each name or item to open the PDF.
Also, please click here to view additional historical records (photos, newspaper clippings, etc.).
BIOGRAPHIES (alphabetical by last name)
~ As long as we live, they too will live; for they are now a part of us as we remember them. (from New Prayers for the High Holy Days by Rabbis Sylvan Kamens and Jack Riemer, 1970)
- Carl Alper
- Albert Jacob (A.J.) Altfeld
- A.J. & Tillie Altfeld Family (photo)
- Rabbi Ernst Appel
- Still Life (Seder) by Marta Appel (wife of Rabbi Ernst Appel)
- George Axelrad
- George & Rebecca Axelrad (photo)
- Axelrad and Marks Families (Collage)
- Sam Baum
- Sam Bergel
- Rabbi Joseph Bogen
- Sis Chautin
- Joseph L. Cohen
- Joseph & Flo Cohen (collage)
- David & Bess Crane and Ethel Stein Gold
- Crane Family (collage)
- Herb Davis
- Irwin and Frieda Lindy Freedman
- Frieda Lindy Freedman
- Irwin Freedman
- Friedlob Family
- Glassman/Kastleman Family (collage)
- Kisber Family
- Kisber Family (Collage)
- Jonas Kisber, Jr.
- Dr. Walter R. Levy and Sadye Steinberg Levy
- A.S. Lindy
- Lindy Family
- Julius Malcom Lindy, Jr.
- Philip and Mary Levy Marks
- Marks and Axelrad Families (Collage)
- Janice Tuchfeld McKellar
- Louis Nathan
- Shirley and David Richman
- Richman Family Photos
- Janice Axelrad Rosenbloom Riddler
- Irving Rosenbloom
- Joseph L. Rosenbloom, Jr.
- Joseph L. Rosenbloom, Sr.
- Ray Marks Rosenbloom
- Samuel D. Rosenbloom
- Rosenbloom Family (Collage)
- Ann & Bill Rosenblum
- Sol Shatz Family
- Jeffrey Stoltz
- Tuchfeld Family
- Barry Tuchfeld
- Sam Wahl
HISTORICAL PHOTOS
- Congregational Leaders (1941)
- Sisterhood Officers (1941)
- Passover Seder for Soldiers (1942)
- First Confirmation in New Building (May 1942)
- Officers of Eva Lindy Chapter-B’nai Brith Women (March 1948)
- Purim Party 1950s?
- Hanukkah Party (December 1951)
- Confirmation (1955)
- 75th Anniversary Dinner
- Fire – January 5, 1976
- 50th Anniversary of Building (newspaper photo)
CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY
- “Congregation Plans Parish Home” – newspaper article
- “Cornerstone of New Temple is Set” – newspaper article
- Dedicatory Program for New Temple (1942)
- Tidbits from Temple Bulletins (1945-1949)
- Our Rabbis
- Membership Lists (1930, 1935, 1956, 1960)
- Sisterhood Members (1955-1956)
- Business Owners List (1875-1923)
- Congregation Officers (1974) – newspaper article
- A Chronology of the Jews in Jackson, TN by Joseph Wahl, MD
- Stained Glass Windows
- Oral History Interviews (Jackson’s Jewish Legacy) – 2003 (Rosenbloom, Crane, Kisber)
- 130th Anniversary Programs
- 130th Anniversary Photos
- 130th Anniversary Photos (Jackson Sun)
- 130th Anniversary – Memoir by Rabbi Bradley N. Bleefeld
B’NAI ISRAEL CEMETERY
For a listing of those interred in the cemetery with photos of each headstone (compiled and photographed by Lynn Franklin), see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssjdb/JacksonTN.htm. Also see Find A Grave for a listing and photos.