Congregation Ahavas Sholom - Saugus, Massachusetts
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Congregation Ahavas Sholom has called 343 Central Street in Saugus, Massachusetts, home since its shul's cornerstone was set on June 28, 1925.
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2022
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Congregation Ahavas Sholom has called 343 Central Street in Saugus, Massachusetts, home since its shul's cornerstone was set on June 28, 1925. The 2,400 square foot building is two stories tall with a set of five arched windows across the front side. A circular stained glass window is there at the gabled east end along with a semicircular window above the pair of central front doors. The temple is clad in plain white siding.
Very little information about the congregation and its synagogue appears available online. There is not a website aside from their Facebook page with the description: "We are unaffiliated, post-denominational and egalitarian, where women and men are equal participants." The latest of three total posts was from August 2017.
Other limited concrete details come from an early 2016 newspaper article which begins:
Congregation Ahavas Sholom of Saugus celebrates 90 years
Congregation Ahavas Sholom issued the following press release
If you aren’t looking for it, you might well drive right past Congregation Ahavas Sholom here in Saugus, but there it has stood since the first cornerstone was laid on June 28, 1925.
On Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, members, past and present, and friends gathered to celebrate and remember 90 years of service and love to both the Saugus community and each other.
Built on land donated by the Yanofsky family, the synagogue remains basically unchanged, managing to keep its sense of warmth and welcoming to all who enter its doors...
Source: Saugus Advertiser via WickedLocal.com; "Congregation Ahavas Sholom of Saugus celebrates 90 years"; published January 11, 2016