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By 1905 the Jews of St. Louis numbered about 40,000 in a total population of about 575,000. Today's Jewish population in the St. Louis area exceeds 60,000 in a metropolitan population of about 3,000,000 people. [6] St. Louis County, MO holds nearly all of Missouri's Jewish community. 7% of St. Louis County's population is Jewish.
A Jewish Community Center or a Jewish Community Centre (JCC) is a general recreational, social, and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities. JCCs promote Jewish culture and heritage through holiday celebrations, Israel-related programming, and other Jewish education.
In contrast to other religious communities in western New York, in was reported in 2024 that Temple Beth Tzedek gained many members since 2004. [10] The Synagogue has a store section where people can buy jewelry and clothing items from the sisterhood group, a volunteer group for women members of the synagogue. [11]
At the time, there were approximately 600 to 700 Jewish people living in St. Louis, of which about 150 to 200 were members of United Hebrew Congregation. [ 7 ] In 1880, United Hebrew Congregation's moved the dead bodies buried at its original burial ground at Jefferson Avenue and Gratiot Street to a new cemetery at Mount Olive near Clayton . [ 10 ]
Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center was established in 1890 [8] by Orthodox German Jews and Jews from Austria-Hungary. [9] In its early years the congregation worshiped at 252 West 35th Street , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] a building later purchased by St. Paul Baptist Church.
The Historic Preservation Commission was established in 1994 under the auspices of Amherst's Historic Preservation Law, in accordance with Section 96-a of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York concerning protection of historic places, buildings and works of art. This provision of law gives the town government the authority to ...
Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills; Rego Park Jewish Center, Rego Park; Elsewhere in New York (state) Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany; Beth David Synagogue, Amenia; Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo; Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Chappaqua; Congregation Beth Shalom, Clifton Park; Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue, Fleischmanns; Hunter ...
The Bronx, New York City, United States Mazin Assi and Mohammed Alfaqih 2000 Bronx synagogue firebombing: On the morning of the eve of Yom Kippur, two Molotov cocktails were thrown, but did not ignite, at the door of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR) in The Bronx in New York City. Two Palestinian men were arrested and ...