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The first Jewish confirmation in Pittsburgh was held in 1862 for six girls and one boy. In 1863, Isaac M. Wise, a founder of Reform Judaism in America, came to Pittsburgh. He had a great impact, and shortly after his visit, the congregation voted to adopt some Reform practices, including the Reform prayer book.
Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation (Hebrew: עֵץ חַיִּים – אוֹר לְשִׂמְחָה [1]) is a Conservative Jewish synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The congregation moved into its present synagogue building in 1953.
Congregation B'nai Israel is a former synagogue located at 327 North Negley Avenue in the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States.It was built in 1923 and was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979.
A 2017 study of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community, conducted by researchers at Brandeis University and commissioned by the local Jewish Federation, found that 26% of Pittsburgh-area Jews live in Squirrel Hill, 20% live in the South Hills, 9% live in the North Hills, 31% live in other areas of Pittsburgh, and 14% live in other areas of the ...
Aleph Institute (North East US) was founded in 1991 by Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel, [1] following the founding of the Aleph Institute in Florida in 1981. He was sent by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to ensure the Jews incarcerated in the North East were provided for, with the responsibly stretching from Virginia northwards, and Ohio eastwards. [2]
Areas and locations in the United States where Orthodox Jews live in significant communities. These are areas that have within them an Orthodox Jewish community in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own eruvs, community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas, and/or synagogues that serve the members of the local Orthodox community who may at times be the ...
1949 Jewish fraternity and sorority gathering in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. This is a list of historically Jewish fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] These organizations exemplify (or exemplified) a range of "Jewishness"; some are historically Jewish in origin but later became strictly secular. Some ...
Former synagogue on Miller Street near downtown Pittsburgh, August 2007. There are no reliable records of the beginnings of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, but it has been ascertained that between 1838 and 1844 a small number of Jews, mostly from Baden, Bavaria, and Württemberg, Germany settled in and around Pittsburgh. These communities ...