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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]
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
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.
It is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas [1] and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio, New York City, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem. The Jerusalem campus is the only seminary in Israel for training Reform Jewish clergy.
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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]
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