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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.
The first known Jew to settle in Cincinnati was Joseph Jonas, an English emigrant who arrived in the city via Philadelphia in 1817. [2] Jonas, a young man, decided to leave his home in Exeter, England, with the avowed intention of settling in Cincinnati. Friends in Philadelphia originally endeavored to dissuade him from going to a place so ...
T. Twin Towers, Dayton, Ohio. Categories: Jews and Judaism in the United States by state. Religion in Ohio. Ethnic groups in Ohio.
Getz was the director of a Cleveland orphanage, a member of the board of governors of Hebrew Union College and prominent in Jewish Welfare Fund drives. Personal life. Max Getz was married to Constance and resided at 7864 Ridge Road, Amberley Village. He was a member of Isaac M. Wise Temple, Crest Hills Country Club, the Cincinnati Club, and the ...
1994 (Riverside Drive) Website. tidayton .org. [1] Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 130 Riverside Drive in Dayton, Ohio, in the United States. Formed in 1850, it incorporated as "Kehillah Kodesh B'nai Yeshurun" in 1854. [2] After meeting in rented quarters, the congregation purchased its first synagogue ...
The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati became an independent diocesan order. Soon after foundation of the diocesan community, the Sisters opened St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys. In 1854 the Sisters founded Mount St. Vincent's Academy, Cedar Grove, Price Hill, which later became Seton High School. A mission in Dayton, Ohio, was established in 1857.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of people responsible for damaging gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries on Cincinnati's West Side. The ...
Golf Manor Synagogue. / 39.189756°N 84.450457°W / 39.189756; -84.450457. The Golf Manor Synagogue, also known as Congregation Agudas Israel, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 6442 Stover Avenue, in Golf Manor, a village near Cincinnati, in Hamilton County, Ohio, in the United States.