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Abimelech, King of Gerar, returns Sarah to Abraham; painting by Elias van Nijmegen (1667-1755), Museum Rotterdam. Gerar (Hebrew: גְּרָר Gərār, "lodging-place") was a Philistine town and district in what is today south central Israel, mentioned in the Book of Genesis and in the Second Book of Chronicles of the Hebrew Bible.
Today's Jewish population in the St. Louis area exceeds 60,000 in a metropolitan population of about 3,000,000 people. [6] St. Louis County, MO holds nearly all of Missouri's Jewish community. 7% of St. Louis County's population is Jewish. Synagogues and community organizations including The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute are active in St. Louis.
The United Hebrew Congregation formed on Erev Rosh Hashannah, the evening of September 29, 1837, when ten members rented a room in St. Louis for services.The location was either above a store called "Max’s Grocery and Restaurant" at Second and Spruce Streets, or an "R.A. Mack's" grocery store at 54 N. Front Street. [2]
It is the oldest Reform and largest congregation in the greater St. Louis area. In addition to religious services, the Shaare Emeth has a religious school, Shirlee Green Preschool, and two summer camps, Camp Micah and Camp Emeth. In 2016, the former Orthodox B’nai El and the Reform Shaare Emeth congregations merged.
The global Jewish population is heavily concentrated in major urban centers. As of 2021, more than half (51.2%) of world Jewry resided in just ten metropolitan areas. Nearly all these key centers of Jewish settlement typically include national or regional capitals with high standards of living, advanced infrastructure supporting higher ...
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in St. Louis" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... United Hebrew Congregation (Chesterfield, Missouri) W.
Town Hebrew Latin Antopal: אנטיפאָליע Antipolye 1,792 (1921) Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated. Byerazino: בערעזין Berezin
B'nai Amoona and the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Day School [formerly the Solomon Schechter Day School] are housed on the same campus. B'nai Amoona is the only Conservative synagogue in St. Louis that maintains its own cemetery, located in University City, Missouri. The congregation has approximately 800 families including interfaith couples. [1]