Temple Sinai (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Temple Sinai was founded in 1870. The original temple building completed in 1872. It was located at Carondelet Street between Delord Street and Calliope Street. It was used for the initial site of Southern University. Maximilian Heller was the temple's rabbi from 1887 until his retirement in 1927. In 1928, Temple Sinai moved Uptown to St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street, where a new temple was completed. The old building was sold to the Knights of Pythias. In the 1930s the Motion Picture Advertising Company purchased the old temple building and remodeled it for its headquarters. The rabbi is Daniel Sherman and the cantor is Rebecca Garfein. ==Gallery==

Temple of Sinai 1895 New Orleans.jpg|Original Temple Sinai building from an 1895 photograph Temple Sinai Illustrated Visitors Guide to New Orleans.jpg|Etching of the original Temple Sinai from the Visitors Guide to New Orleans New Orleans Temple Sinai from Lee Circle.jpg|View from the rear of the original temple ==References==