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The history of Jews in Milwaukee began in the early 1840s with the arrival of Jewish immigrants from German-speaking states and the Austro-Hungarian empire. [1] Throughout the 19th century, Milwaukee was the hub of Wisconsin's Jewish population with 80% of the state's Jews living there. [2]
As the Jewish community of Milwaukee migrated north to suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s, the location became inconvenient. In 1957, a 15-acre (6.1 ha) property was purchased at 6880 North Green Bay Avenue in Glendale , a suburb north of Milwaukee, and construction began on new facilities there in 1959. [ 2 ]
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun began in Milwaukee in 1847 with 12 men who gathered at the home of Isaac Neustadel for a Yom Kippur service. In 1850, after three years of services in homes and above businesses, the growing community named themselves Congregation Imanu-Al.
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Milwaukee: 1901 merged Conservative: USCJ member. [46] [41] Congregation Shalom Milwaukee: 1951 active Reform [47] Jewish REACH Russian Educational and Aid Center Milwaukee: active Orthodox – Chabad Lubavitch: Holds sabbath and holiday services. [48] Lake Park Synagogue Milwaukee: 1982–83 active Orthodox – Modern: OU member. [49] The Shul ...
Miryam Rosenzweig wants people to know that the fear and shock that gripped Israelis during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack didn't end that day.
Nursing home for the elderly among Milwaukee's Jewish community. The organization was founded in 1906. The organization was founded in 1906. This building was added in 1930, a Late Gothic Revival design by architect Charles F. Smith.
The Uihlein family (/ ˈ j uː l aɪ n / YOO-lyne) [1] is an American family known for its activities in business and philanthropy. Of German heritage, the family has roots in Wisconsin.