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Jews first permanently settled in the Miami, Florida area in 1896. In 1907, the first bris occurred in Miami-Dade County.It was for Eddie Cohen. In 1913, B'nai Zion, the first congregation in Miami-Dade County, was founded.
Temple Beth-El, Pensacola, Florida (1933) Ahavath Chesed in Jacksonville, and Temple Beth-El in Pensacola each has claims to being the oldest Jewish congregation in Florida. The Jacksonville congregation was meeting for prayer by 1867, but appears to have incorporated later than Pensacola which dedicated its first building in 1876, well before ...
A charter of the State of Florida was granted shortly thereafter. Rabbi Samuel Machtai, the "Radio Rabbi", conducted the first High Holy Days Services in 1942. The service was held in a storefront, where 20 Miami Beach Jewish families gathered to provide a house of worship for themselves and for Jewish servicemen. [2]
The first Jews began to settle in Florida in 1763, when Great Britain acquired Florida from the Spanish. While Jews were allowed to settle in Florida, they still experienced discrimination and prejudice, including in employment. Following the American Revolutionary War, Florida was traded back to Spain by the British. After 1821, when Spanish ...
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
“From one side, it’s going to be very sad because we are in the 61st day of this terrible war, but from the other side we are here to show the light,” said Mike Driquez, deputy consulate ...
The city of Miami Beach sent city firefighters to fill in for first responders in Israel who had been called to military service. ... many South Florida Jews say a terrorized nation has a right ...
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