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Gaza City, situated along the Mediterranean coast, was part of the Seleucid Empire during the Hellenistic period, and later came under Roman rule. [3] During the Hellenistic period, which began with the conquests of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BCE, there was a large Jewish population in nearby Judea, and Jewish communities also existed in other parts of the region.
In 1900, the estimated Jewish population of the city stood around 15,000, in a total population of 325,902. [citation needed] In 2008, the estimated Jewish population of the Cincinnati metropolitan area stood around 27,000. [7] By 2019, the estimated Jewish population of the Cincinnati metropolitan area was around 32,100. [8] [9]
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.
South Fallsburg Hebrew Association Synagogue, South Fallsburg; Temple Beth El, Syracuse; Temple Beth-El, Tonawanda, now St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church; Jewish Community Center of White Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Springs
Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi).
It says: "Expressing Cincinnati City Council's sympathy for the ongoing human suffering caused by the current conflict in the Middle East; condemning violence against civilians of any kind ...
While some 60,000 Israelis from the north of the Jewish homeland are still displaced, most in temporary housing or hotels throughout the country, others have started a new life a world away, not ...
New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. In 2011, according to the UJA-Federation of New York, the five boroughs of New York City proper was home to 1,086,000 Jews, representing 13% of the city's population. [4] In 2023, 960,000 Jews live in the city, nearly half of them live in Brooklyn. [5] [3] [2]