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Columbus, Ohio. The Jewish community of Greater Columbus has made up a small but noteworthy part of the region since the arrival of Jews in 1840.The community has gone through periods of growth, especially in the last quarter of the 20th century.
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.
Reid has documented the Jewish history of 20 Ohio cities and towns, 15 of which are digitally published on the Columbus Jewish Historical Society's website. Some are still home to active Jewish ...
Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 3100 East Broad Street, in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States.Founded as the Orthodox Bene Jeshurun congregation in 1846, [4] the congregation is the oldest Jewish congregation in Columbus, [5] and a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism. [6]
Related article: How Columbus, Ohio, a state capital now home to over 900,000 people, got its name. ... Around 300,000 Jews lived in Spain before the 'Reyes Catolicos', Catholic monarchs Isabella ...
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Ohio" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... History of the Jews in Greater Columbus; H.
Any serious study of a person’s genetic lineage will uncover a far deeper past.
The onset of the Spanish–American War was also instrumental in Bexley's history. In 1898, Ohio Governor Asa Bushnell chose a cluster of unsold lots around Broad and Drexel in Bullitt Park as an assembly site for state volunteers for the war. Camp Bushnell, as it was known, was home for three weeks to 8,000 Ohio recruits headed for Cuba. This ...