Hebrew Reform Congregation of Minneapolis or Shaarai Tov (later Temple Israel)

Established in 1878, Shaarai Tov, or "the gates of goodness," was the first Jewish congregation to form in Minneapolis. The congregation initially met in the home of Leopold Ehrlich and then for two years in Center Hall. In 1880, they built a wooden framed, Moorish-style synagogue at the southwest corner of 5th Street and 2nd Avenue South (later the location of the New York Life Building). This building burned in 1902. In 1903, the congregation moved to a new synagogue which they erected at 510 South 10th Street. The congregation obtained property at 24th and Emerson Avenue, South in 1914, erecting a community house with classrooms and offices. The congregation changed its name to Temple Israel in 1920, and in 1928 erected the current synagogue at 2324 Emerson Avenue, South.