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The history of Jews in Ohio dates back to 1817, when Joseph Jonas, a pioneer, came from England and made his home in Cincinnati.He drew after him a number of English Jews, who held Orthodox-style divine service for the first time in Ohio in 1819, and, as the community grew, organized themselves in 1824 into the first Jewish congregation of the Ohio Valley, the B'ne Israel.
Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island (founded c. 1658, built 1759–63) Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue, Charleston, South Carolina (founded 1749, built 1840–41) Congregation Shearith Israel, New York, New York (founded 1654, built 1896–97)
The Leeds Jewish Welfare Board has provided aid since 1878. [56] The Leeds Jewish Housing Association has 500 homes. [57] The Leeds Jewish Institute was founded in 1896, and the Jewish Young Men's Association by 1901. [18] [58] The Leeds Jewish Representative Council has been active since 1938. [59] The first Leeds Jewish trade union dates from ...
Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio (3 P) Pages in category "Synagogues in Ohio" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Tifereth Israel congregation was founded in 26 May 1850 as a number of families disputed over religious ritual and left the Orthodox Anshe Chesed congregation, the first Jewish congregation in Cleveland. The same year, Rabbi Isidor Kalisch, who had been rabbi at Anshe Chesed, was appointed the first rabbi of Tifereth Israel. [2]
For example, if a city has listings for only second and fourth churches, at least the first and third are missing. As merged churches take the name of the older congregation, first could then be assumed to have dissolved, while third might have dissolved or merged with second. Fifth may have merged, dissolved, or never existed.
The congregation built its first synagogue in 1848 on Lodge Street in the Gothic Revival style. [6] The Lodge Street Synagogue was dedicated on September 22, 1848 in Cincinnati, Ohio. [7] The congregation voted in 1853 to engage Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise as its spiritual leader; this congregation built the Plum Street Temple beginning in 1865 ...
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