Adath Israel Reading Road

Adath Israel opened its new synagogue on Lexington and Reading Roads in 1927. With the shift of the Jewish population , the congregation moved from Avondale to Amberley in 1967.

The building today, minus the Star of David and Hebrew on the facade:

Trivia: In 1949, 3 year old Steven Spielberg lived at 817 Lexington Avenue (across the street from the synagogue). They moved that year to Arizona. Today the address is a grassy lot across from the former synagogue.