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Congregation Mickve Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "Congregation for the Hope of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 20 East Gordon Street, [a] Monterey Square, in Savannah, Georgia, in the United States. The site also contains a Jewish history museum.
Smith, William L., and Pidi Zhang. “Southern Jews and Jewish Southerners in Savannah, Georgia," Michigan Sociological Review, vol. 33, 2019, pp. 46–75. online; Stollman, Jennifer A (2013). Daughters of Israel, daughters of the south: southern Jewish women and identity in the antebellum and Civil War South. Academic Studies Press.
Given the long history of Jews in Savannah, it follows that they would establish themselves, create businesses, and build homes here. ... banker, Georgia’s first Jewish senator—an all-around ...
They also established a Jewish cemetery on Bull Street on the northern end of downtown Savannah. When Dr. Samuel Nunez arrived in Savannah, Georgia, there was an outbreak of yellow fever and many people were dying. After this ship landed, Captain Thomas Corain, one of General Oglethorpe's aides, wrote, "Georgia will soon become a Jewish colony."
On April 18, Historic Savannah Foundation hosts “Jewish Foodways in the Lowcountry South” alongside Congregation Mickve Israel’s Rabbi Robert Haas.
The Central of Georgia Railroad was organized in 1833 to open a commercial line between Savannah and the vast interior of central and north Georgia. The forcible expulsion of nearly 18,000 Cherokees, following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, ensured that north Georgia would be open to settlement and cotton production.
Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Savannah, Georgia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prior to Georgia's annexation by the Russian Empire in 1801, the 2300-year history of the Georgian Jews was marked by an almost total absence of antisemitism and a visible assimilation in the Georgian language and culture. [5] The Georgian Jews were considered ethnically and culturally distinct from neighboring Mountain Jews. [6]