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The first Jewish settlers in Harrisburg arrived from Germany in the early 1840s. The oldest congregation is Ohev Sholom, established in 1853 (present rabbi, Marc Kline); Chisuk Emmunah and Beth-El were established after 1884. The city possesses also a benevolent society and two other societies.
Medieval French Jewish vassal state, 768–900 CE (purportedly established during the Reconquista) Brutakhi, early 13th century Turkic polity whose Jewishness is debatable; possibly either a Khazar remnant state or Jewish splinter state from the Cuman-Kipchak Confederation
Published the first Jewish sermon printed in the United States. Amy Eilberg (1954-) – First female rabbi ordained in Conservative Judaism. Linda Joy Holtzman – Rabbi and author. Marcus Jastrow (1829-1903) – Talmudic scholar, author of A Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashic Literature.
The first Jewish-born person to set foot on American soil was Joachim Gans in 1584. Elias Legarde (a.k.a. Legardo) was a Sephardic Jew who arrived at James City, Virginia, on the Abigail in 1621. [9] According to Leon Huhner, Legarde was from Languedoc, France, and was hired to go to the Colony to teach people how to grow grapes for wine. [10]
Pre-Holocaust Jewish population Notes Yiddish Latin Ananiv: אנאניעװ Ananyev City survived. Bibrka: בוברקא Bubrka 2,000 (1941) City survived. Belz: בעלז Belz 3,600 (1914) City survived. Berdychiv: בארדיטשעװ Barditshev 41,617 (1897) City survived, but nearly all Jews were exterminated. Berehove: בערעגסאז Beregsaz ...
The offer was first made by British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain to Theodore Herzl's Zionist group in 1903. He offered 5,000 square miles (13,000 km 2) of the Mau Escarpment in what is today Kenya. The offer was a response to pograms in Russia, and it was hoped the area could be a refuge from persecution for the Jewish people.
In 2002, Jewish households represented 3.8% of households in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [1] As of 2017, there were an estimated 50,000 Jews in the Greater Pittsburgh area. [2] In 2012, Pittsburgh's Jewish community celebrated its 100th year of federated giving through the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. [3]
Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Pennsylvania (2 C, 2 P) C. Conservative Judaism in Pennsylvania (1 C, 1 P) H. Jews and Judaism in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (3 P) J.