Timeline

Early 1800's - Solomon and Joseph Sternberger emigrate from Germany, bringing with them a Torah scroll

1847 - Jacob Felsenthal settles in Brownsville

1860's - The Sternberger brothers along with Jacob and Karoline Felsenthal use the Torah for Shabbat services in Brownsville in the Felsenthals' and the Sternbergers' Brownsville homes

1867 - The congregation was formed

1878 - The congregation purchased land and set it aside for the Adas Israel Cemetary

1879 - The reform mode of worship was instituted in the congregation

1882 - The congregation erected a temple

1920 - The wooden exterior structure was bricked

1922 - The congregation officially joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations

2017 - The Congregation celebrated its 150th birthday

2022 - The Congregation celebrated the 140th anniversary of the construction of the Temple