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Rocky Mountain PBS TRINIDAD, Colo. — Once again, public media saves the day. In the fall of 2016, Littleton-resident Neal Paul was listening to a Colorado Public Radio story on Temple Aaron, a Trinidad synagogue that was preparing to close its doors for the first time in 127 years. Paul, a Jewish man born in Israel and whose parents survived the Holocaust, decided to visit the temple in person to “see what it was all about.” This was Paul’s first time in the city of Trinidad,

By Ryan Warner March 27, 2024 Ryan Warner/CPR News A crowd gathers in front of Temple Aaron in Trinidad, Colorado on March 23, 2024. The synagogue was named a National Historic Landmark. A small-town synagogue in Southern Colorado was once considered endangered. Now it's received the strongest historic protection there is. How a community of Jews and non-Jews in Trinidad and beyond, saved Temple Aaron. Then, after the death of his younger sister, Denver comedian Adam Cayton-H

When people think of Jewish immigration in the United States, they picture the tenements of New York City. But what about the boomtowns of the West? Temple Aaron, located in Trinidad, Colorado, is nationally significant for its connection with the westward migration of Jewish immigrants from Europe between 1840-1924. Temple Aaron, street view, photo and article by Astrid Liverman/NPS Temple Aaron is the second-oldest known synagogue in continuous use in its original location