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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.
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.
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 ...
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
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]
Nowhere is that more apparent than in Pennsylvania, the swing state with the largest Jewish population — about 300,000 voting-age Jews in a state President Joe Biden won by roughly 80,000 votes ...
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.
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