Ahavath Beth Israel

Very Old Building; carefully restored

The old synagogue is now a religious library. It was wonderfully restored and is worth a visit. The cemetery next door can also be explored.

Historical presence

This synagogue, which is the oldest one west of the Mississippi, just happens to be the facility where my kids were married. Moved from its original location, it is next door to the new building that ...

Amazing Bit of History

How cool that the oldest operating synagogue west of the Mississippi is right here in Boise, Idaho? The building is beautiful and the information center is so awesome and a great community resource. I...

A look at Jewish history in Boise

We stopped by to look at this historic synagogue hoping it would be open to us to see the interior; sadly, it was not; however, we were quite impressed with the architecture of the exterior and just e...

Connecting the ancient and the modern

I love this old building. I grew up in the North End and had passed by it several thousand times before it was moved to it's new location. However, I had never been inside the building until May 201...