Temple Beth Tefilloh was established in 1886 by 21 local families. Jewish architect Alfred S. Eichberg, the architect for the Brunswick City Hall, designed the temple, which was dedicated on November 7, 1890. It is one of the few remaining Moorish-influenced temples in the South. The building has been in continuous use since its opening. The stained glass windows are original to the construction.
Congregation Beth Israel built their synagogue in 1922. This was 12 years after the congregation was founded in 1910. It was an active synagogue until 2010 when the doors were closed after decades of declining membership.
On March 25, 1960, the synagogue was firebombed by a Nazi sympathizer. Amazingly, only two people were injured, and it was the two men who ran out of the Temple to catch the perpetrator.
Built in 1892, this Moorish Revival synagogue is the oldest in Mississippi.
