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Odesa was a major center of Eastern European Jewish cultural life. From Odesa sailed the SS Ruslan which is considered the mayflower of Israeli culture . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They comprised the largest ethno-religious group in the region throughout most of the 19th century and until the mid-20th century when the Jews were massacred by Romanian forces ...
The New Odessa colony centered socialist ideology, sharing ownership of the land, and attempted to enact gender equality. Unlike some other Am Olam colonies that were based in Orthodox Jewish philosophy, New Odessa was a secular colony, based on democratic living and equality of the sexes. Their motto was "one for all and all for one." [19]
Pre-Holocaust Jewish population Notes Hebrew Latin Antopal: אנטיפאָליע Antipolye 1,792 (1921) Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated. Byerazino: בערעזין Berezin Town survived, but all Jews were exterminated. Brahin: בראָהין Brohin 2,254 (1897) Town survived. Chawusy: טשאָוס Tshous 7,444 (1897) Town survived ...
Early Jewish settlers founded the congregation in 1824 Joseph Jonas was the first Jewish resident of Cincinnati, coming from England in 1817 when the Queen City was still a frontier river town.
[3] [4] At its founding, it was the first Jewish museum in a post-Soviet nation. The building is listed as #51-101-0776 on the State Register of Immovable Landmarks of Ukraine . [ 5 ] It is a nonprofit and relies on visitor donations.
In the nineteenth-century, Jews began settling throughout the American West. The majority were immigrants, with German Jews comprising most of the early nineteenth-century wave of Jewish immigration to the United States and therefore to the Western states and territories, while Eastern European Jews migrated in greater numbers and comprised most of the migratory westward wave at the close of ...
Starting out in a rented hall in 1873, Temple B'nai Jeshurun is now celebrating its 150th year in service to Des Moines' Jewish community. Des Moines' oldest synagogue celebrates 150 years serving ...
The Iowa Jewish News; P. Postville, Iowa; Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America This page was last edited on 6 March 2012, at 20:13 (UTC). Text ...