Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado, built in 1900, is the city's oldest synagogue, according to the synagogue itself. [16] The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [17] Temple Israel, Leadville, Colorado's 1884 building was restored as a synagogue and Jewish pioneer museum in 2008. The original congregation ...
Jewish American sympathies likewise broke along ethnic lines, with recently arrived Yiddish speaking Jews leaning towards support of Zionism, and the established German-American Jewish community largely opposed to it. In 1914–1916, there were few Jewish voices in favor of American entry into the war.
Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, the Bronx; Mosholu Jewish Center, the Bronx; Shaari Zedek Synagogue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn; Congregation Beth Israel, East Flatbush, Brooklyn; Jewish Center of Kings Highway, Midwood, Brooklyn; Young Israel of Flatbush ...
It is now used as a museum of local Jewish history. The Kochangadi Synagogue (1344 CE to 1789 CE) in Kochi in the Kerala, built by the Malabar Jews. It was destroyed by Tipu Sultan in 1789 CE and was never rebuilt. An inscription tablet from this synagogue is the oldest relic from any synagogue in India.
Southern and Jewish culture have often intersected due to the rich and diverse immigrant background of Jews in the South. As with many immigrant groups throughout American history, feelings of identity differed depending on the region and on the extent to which immigrants assimilated to the surrounding culture.
For example, the first synagogue in Arizona, Tucson's Temple Emanu-El, was established by the local Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society, as was the case for many synagogues in the West. Likewise, many Jewish activists and community leaders became prominent in municipal and state politics, winning election to public office with little attention ...
The Coro Synagogue in Coro, Venezuela is known as one of the oldest synagogues in Latin America. The synagogue was originally a house built in the first half of the XVIII century by the lieutenant governor of Coro Don Francisco Campuzano Polanco as his residence, [75] bought on July 30, 1847 [76] by Mr. David Abraham Senior, [77] a sephardic ...
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva).