D.C.'s oldest synagogue wheeled down Third Street NW to its latest home

A Wednesday in the middle of January during a government shutdown is probably a better time than most to close Third Street NW and move an entire building.

For the third and probably final time, the Adas Israel synagogue – the District’s oldest synagogue, built in 1876 — was guided a block to its final location at the corner of Third and F streets NW. It will sit adjacent to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington’s 25,000-square-foot Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum expected…