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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.
Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) – Publisher, helped found the Jewish press of America and produced the first Jewish translation of the Bible into English. J. Leonard Levy (1865-1917) – Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745-1816) – First native-born Jewish religious leader in the United States .
In 1790, the approximate 2,500-strong American Jewish community faced a number of legal restrictions in various states that prevented non-Christians from holding public office and voting, though the state governments of Delaware, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Georgia soon eliminated these barriers, as did the U.S. Bill of Rights in 1791 ...
Bar Kokhba Jewish state, 132–135 CE; State of Israel, 1948 CE–present [6] Wider Middle East. Himyarite Kingdom, Yemen, 390 CE – 525 CE [7]
Mikveh Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, giving evidence of a settled community as early as 1740.A number of outstanding patriots, pioneers, and other notables of the Jewish faith who made important contributions to the history and freedom of America during the Colonial and Revolutionary period were interred here, and for this reason ...
Jewish-American history in New York (state) (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Jewish-American history by state" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
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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]