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Approximately 180 descendants of these Jews still exist, which the Rabbi of Singapore, Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, described as the only remaining indigenous Jews of Asia. [1] In 1841, three Jews, Joseph Dwek Cohen, Nassim Joseph Ezra and Ezra Ezekiel were given a land lease to build a synagogue in a small shop house at Boat Quay. The synagogue ...
The Maghain Aboth Synagogue (Malay: Sinagog Maghain Aboth, Hebrew: מגן אבות, romanized: Ma'gen Ahvot, lit. 'Guardian of Patriarchs' or 'Shield of our Fathers') is an Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 24/26 Waterloo Street in Rochor, within the Central Area of Singapore.
Herman founded the Moorish Zionist temple in Harlem in 1921. [3] One of the earliest Black Hebrew Israelite congregations in New York City, the Congregation of the Moorish Zionist Temple of the Moorish Jews in Harlem blended the belief that Black people were the descendants of the Biblical Israelites with aspects of traditional Judaism ...
Rabbi Mordechai's son, Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky, also left Bessarabia and came to America, arriving in 1923. Eventually, he settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn , and opened his shul on 47th Street, between 13th and 14th Avenue.
Jacob Joseph (1840–1902) was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution.
Rabbi Meredith Kahan from Rockdale Temple speaks at the re-dedication of Chestnut Street Cemetery for the 200th anniversary of Cincinnati’s Jewish community in 2021.
Rabbi Mordechai Aby Serour circa 1870s - 1880s. Last Rabbi of Timbuktu. Former Timbuktu house and synagogue of Rabbi Mordechai Aby Serour used circa 1870s - 1880s. Rabbi Mordechai Abi Serour, with his brother Yitzhaq, came from Morocco in 1859 to be a trader in Timbuktu. At the time of Rabbi Serour's bold enterprise, direct trade relations with ...
Rabbi David Komerofsky of Temple Israel declined to comment because the incident involves a child. Antisemitic hate crimes rose 25% from 2021 to 2022, according to the most recent FBI statistics .