North side of Church Street synagogue.

ID: 668 ~ Source: Photo by Randy Trabold, Courtesy of Freel Library, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
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North side of Church Street synagogue.

Image of a menorah on the side of the building is still visible today.

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By Emma Bayle
The first group of Jewish immigrants came to North Adams in 1867, but there are no written records of their religious activities. Newspaper accounts do suggest that Jewish High Holiday services started as early as 1888. The first synagogue was built…