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Evidence points to 1838 as the date of arrival of the first Jewish settlers, among whom Martin Long, a Bavarian, was the most prominent. Two years later, a society was organized for occasional worship, and until 1849 the incipient congregation held its services in various rooms.
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. Henry Samuel Morais (1860-1935) – Writer and Rabbi.
Early examples include a Jewish orphanage set up in Charleston, South Carolina in 1801, and the first Jewish school, Polonies Talmud Torah, established in New York in 1806. In 1843, the first national secular Jewish organization in the United States, the B'nai B'rith was established.
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]
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 ...
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Har Jehuda Cemetery (Hebrew: בית קברות הר יהודה), or Har Judo for short, is a Jewish cemetery located in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It is currently home to more than 20,000 burials. It is located along Naylor's Run Creek along the border between Upper Darby and Haverford Townships. [1]