But for 150 years, it has served as a hub for Jewish life in Eastern North Carolina that continues to expand even as it has dwindled elsewhere. Lumberton lost its synagogue in the 1980s to ...

Lumberton lost its synagogue in the 1980s to dwindling membership. Goldsboro had the second-oldest synagogue building in North Carolina, but the building is now a food pantry.

Neither the oldest nor largest synagogue in NC On its birthday, Beth Meyer can’t boast of being the oldest synagogue in North Carolina: Temple of Israel in Wilmington organized with 40 families ...