Jewish Merchants. Russell St., historic hub of Orangeburg's commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 160 years. German Jews began settling in Orangeburg in the 1830s, followed in the next century by Eastern European Jews. . . . — — Map (db m103381) HM
From 1882 to 1887, an ornate two-story space on the second floor of this building served as the social hall for the Concordia Association – an organization established in 1864 to help Jewish immigrant families adapt to their new lives in . . . — — Map (db m78014) HM
Dedicated to the sacred memory of the Jewish men, soldiers, women, and children who once lived, prayed, fought, and built their lives on this land since 1900. Some are buried in this cemetery, while others rest in places unknown. From the small . . . — — Map (db m303523) HM
The first Permanent Jewish Synagogue in Wyoming was erected in 1915 by Cheyenne’s Mt. Sinai Congregation. German Jewish merchants came to Cheyenne starting in 1867, organized but were unable to build a Synagogue. After 1900, with the arrival of . . . — — Map (db m27087) HM
Jewish American pioneers significantly contributed to the commercial development and establishment of responsible government in Deadwood. For example, gritty Jewish westerner, Sol Star, arrived in Deadwood in 1876 with his business partner Seth . . . — — Map (db m183220) HM
"Set up for yourself roadmarks...the way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel" Jeremiah 31:21
Nearly 70 Jewish immigrants were settled in and near Cotopaxi. Facing insurmountable challenges, the ill equipped . . . — — Map (db m134127) HM
Leon Lawrence Lewis
1888-1954
Lawyer, Activist, Spymaster
Leon Lewis, a Jewish Los Angeles attorney, ran an anti-Nazi spy ring from 1933 to 1941. Born in Hurley, Wisconsin, Lewis obtained his law degree in 1913 from the . . . — — Map (db m290980) HM
Jews have been part of the social, economic and cultural life of Iowa since the early 19th century. It was not until 1855 that the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to establish a religious community, Congregation B’nai Israel (Children . . . — — Map (db m27084) HM
Chestnut Street Cemetery. Chestnut Street Cemetery is the first Jewish cemetery in Ohio and the earliest west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was established in 1821 when Nicholas Longworth sold land to Joseph Jonas, David I. Johnson, Morris . . . — — Map (db m243113) HM
Jews have been part of Utah’s religious, economic, social, and political life since the mid-19th century. Congregation B’Nai Israel was organized in 1874. The first service was held in March, 1883. B’Nai Israel merged with Congregation Montefiore in . . . — — Map (db m35792) HM
This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the 1650's. Until the late 19th Century, the Jewish community was too small to maintain . . . — — Map (db m166679) HM
Erected and dedicated by the Goodman-Tunick Post #347, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America and Ladies Auxiliary, Department of Illinois, in honor of the men and women of the Jewish faith who served in the armed forces of the United . . . — — Map (db m256397) WM
Summerville became a renowned health resort in the late 1800s. Many Jewish merchants, drawn to the bustling settlement, set up shop in Hutchinson Square. Among the first were Philip Wineman, a pharmacist from England, and Saul Alexander, a tailor . . . — — Map (db m224627) HM
On the site of this College, formerly Shoreditch and Hoxton Schools, once
stood the Hoxton Jewish cemetery, burial ground of the old Hambro Synagogue
in the City, from 1707 till 1960. The remains were transferred to the West Ham
Jewish . . . — — Map (db m229343) HM
At this site the first Jewish cemetery in Michigan was established in 1848-49. The Jews Society of Ann Arbor acquired burial rights to this land adjacent to what was then the public cemetery. Several years earlier, immigrants from Germany and . . . — — Map (db m127346) HM
Hebrew Union College (HUC), founded in Cincinnati in 1875, is the oldest institution of higher Jewish learning in the United States. Its founder, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900), was a leading proponent of Reform Judaism in America. In 1950, the . . . — — Map (db m24847) HM
Organized in 1865, it was the first hospital in Pa. funded and established by Jewish people to treat members of their religion, although it was open to all. By the mid-1800s, Philadelphia’s Jewish population rose sharply, primarily because of Jews . . . — — Map (db m135901) HM
Remembering the British Jewish men and women who went to fight Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Some 10,000 Jews from over 50 nations served in the International Brigades, comprising 25% of the total strength. Though Jews were a . . . — — Map (db m308024) HM WM
German:
Das „Rabbi-Meir-Gärtchen" erinnert an den bedeutenden jüdischen Gelehrten, den Rabbi Meir ben Baruch von Rothenburg. Er lebte und lehrte 1246 bis 1286 im Bereich des heutigen Kapellenplatzes.
Das sogenannte . . . — — Map (db m262337) HM
Bouwjaren: tussen 1724 en 1732
Opdrachtgever: Benjamin Nunes Henriques
Voormalige woonhuis van koopman en politicus
S.W. Josephus Jitta (1818-1897)
Voormalig hoofdkantoor Joodsche Raad
De Joodsche Raad werd in . . . — — Map (db m253521) HM
The Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles (1854), first charitable organization in the city, acquired this site from the city council by deed of April 9, 1855. This purchase of a sacred burial ground represented the first organized community . . . — — Map (db m122688) HM
Medal of Honor Recipients
of the Jewish Faith
Benjamin Levy 3-1865 • Abraham Cohn 8-1865 • Leopoldo Karpeles 4-1870 • Simon Suhler 11-1876 • David Orbansky 8-1879 • Samuel Gross 5-1917 • Sydney G. Gumpertz 2-1919 • Benjamin Kaufman . . . — — Map (db m198455) WM
Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761.
He is Michigan’s first known resident of the Jewish faith.
Solomon was one of the most active Mackinac fur . . . — — Map (db m107159) HM
Jewish Merchants of Rock Hill. Jewish merchants played an important part in Rock Hill's early 20th century commercial development. By the 1930s, many Jewish-owned businesses were found on East Main St. as well as Trade and Caldwell Sts. They . . . — — Map (db m285119) HM
Between 1820 and 1924, Jewish immigrants fled to the United States to escape economic hardship, religious persecution, and political and social upheaval. With this influx of people and the construction of railways, many towns developed with new . . . — — Map (db m292104) HM
Delaware’s first Jewish farmers, Isaac and Ida Beinoff, settled here in 1897. Like those to follow, they were recent immigrants fleeing poverty and oppression in their native Russia. Between 1912 and 1929, the Jewish Agriculture Society, based in . . . — — Map (db m142529) HM
1272
Älteste erhaltene jüdische
Begräbnisstätte
der Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Früheste nachweisbare
Bestattungen
Oldest preserved Jewish
burying place of
the city of Frankfurt am Main
Earliest . . . — — Map (db m141534) HM WM
Unlike most of their Jewish brethren who remained on or near the East Coast in big cities, these first-time farmers boarded trains to "The Great Northwest," staking their claims 20 years after McInstosh County was opened for homesteading. They . . . — — Map (db m103863) HM
Nathan Rapoport (1911-1987) began his career in Poland, where he won a scholarship to study art in France and Italy. When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Rapoport, who was Jewish, fled to Russian controlled territory, where he worked briefly in . . . — — Map (db m192763) HM
The Jewish cemetery is located a few miles north of where you stand. It was the norm for organizations to have separate cemeteries. However the commonalities of the Comstock population are of more significance than separatism. Like their neighbors, . . . — — Map (db m134333) HM
Hier war das nördliche Tor zur
Judengasse, in der Frankfurts Juden
von 1462 bis zur Aufhebung des
Ghettozwangs 1811 in großer Enge
leben mußten.
-
Here was located the northern gate to "Jew's Lane", in which Frankfurt's . . . — — Map (db m135468) HM
On November 17, 2015, the United States Department of the Interior officially named this site to the National Register of Historic Places. From the 1880s through the 1930s, 1200 Jewish farmers lived on over 250 homesteads in North Dakota - the . . . — — Map (db m103862) HM
Hebrew Society of Brotherly Love of South Bend established Jewish cemetery on this site 1859. First Jewish families settling in a new community typically organized a burial society before establishing a formal congregation. Before Civil War era, . . . — — Map (db m2759) HM
The Clifton location of Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati was founded in 1848, as a resting place for deceased members of Congregation Ahabath Achim, an Orthodox Jewish congregation that later merged with Shearith Israel, and then with Isaac . . . — — Map (db m187352) HM
At 8:07 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 1958 a bomb exploded at the Jewish Community Center at 3500 West End Avenue. The JCC, which was located here from 1952-84, often hosted community meetings aimed at desegregating Nashville's schools and communities . . . — — Map (db m147443) HM
[Top (Torah)panel:]
Dedicated to our comrades
of the Jewish faith who have
patriotically fought in
all our country's battles
with honor and valor
for our greatest gift
Liberty and Shalom
[Front panel:]
Jewish . . . — — Map (db m106319) WM
German:
Im Jahre 1875 gründeten acht Familien eine Israelitische Kultusgemeinde in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Die jüdische Gemeinde erwarb 1888 dieses Haus und baute es zu einem Betsaal um. Im oberen Stock befanden sich die . . . — — Map (db m262382) HM
Sustained Jewish settlement in Aiken dates to the 1890s. By 1920, a concentration of Jewish-owned businesses had opened along this section of Laurens Street and other streets nearby. The first known Jewish merchant in Aiken was Harris L. Polier, . . . — — Map (db m225550) HM
German:
Am heutigen Marktplatz befand sich im Mittelalter das jüdische Viertel, das man über die Schustergasse und den Schmalzmarkt die sogenannten Judengassen erreichte. Der Markt fand damals zwischen Dom und Mainbrücke statt. Die . . . — — Map (db m285610) HM
Jews have been part of India's mercantile heritage for over 2,000 years.
Recently discovered 12th-century documentary evidence from the historical Cairo, Egyptian Synagogue, confirmed the centrality of the Port of Bharuch to Jewish . . . — — Map (db m293360) HM
Jewish Rest, also known as the Old Hebrew Burial Ground, is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Alabama. The land was purchased on June 22, 1841 by the congregation of Sha'arai Shomayim Umaskil el Dol of the Needy), Alabama's first and longest . . . — — Map (db m212911) HM
The first Jewish settlers of Curacao came in 1651. They were descendants of the families who had fled the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal five generations or so earlier. In Curacao they found a safe haven where they were able to settle in peace . . . — — Map (db m267501) HM
Erected by the State of New York to honor the memory of the twenty three men women & children who landed in September 1654 and founded the first Jewish community in North America — — Map (db m127855) HM
We proudly dedicate this memorial to all Jewish war veterans who have honorably served the needs of America in every war since 1776. — — Map (db m305162) WM
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada
Founded in 1897, the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada united a largely urban group of Jewish women dedicated to effecting meaningful social change at home and abroad. The first . . . — — Map (db m293793) HM
Swami Shrihariprasad of the Sri Vishnu Mohan Foundation embodies the dedication of his ancestors, the Paliam family of Chendamangalam, to the cause of reconciliation and peace between all communities. He has strengthened the centuries-old friendship . . . — — Map (db m293896) HM
Ter nagedachtenis aan de Joodse inwoners van Den Helder, die in de oorlog 1940 - 1945 zijn weggevoerd en vermoord, vanwege hun Joods zijn.
ת' נ' צ' ב' ה'
Moge hun zielen gebundeld zijn,in de . . . — — Map (db m303513) WM
Joodse herinnering aan de Camper- en Vrolikschool in de volksmond ook wel Sparrenwegschool genoemd
De Sparrenweg gezien vanaf de 1e, Oosterparkstraat.
Aan de linkerkant op nummer 11 was de toegangspoort tot de scholen die in
de . . . — — Map (db m272646) HM WM
Jewish families in Pensacola began organized worship following the Civil War. On this site in 1876 a Reform Jewish Synagogue was constructed. The State of Florida granted a charter in 1878 for Congregation Beth El. Temple Beth El joined the Union of . . . — — Map (db m134326) HM
German:
Judenturm
Erbaut um 1430 als Batterieturm
mit 6 Schießscharten.
Stadtauswärts gewandt halbrund,
stadteinwärts flach.
Der Name leitet sich wohl von der
"Judensteuer" der jüdischen
Laufer Bürger ab, die . . . — — Map (db m295960) HM
On this site, June 18, 1964, sixteen Jewish clergy
marching in protest for civil rights at the request of
the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
were arrested in the largest mass arrest
of rabbis in United States history.
St. . . . — — Map (db m153728) HM
This tablet marks the remains of
The First Jewish Cemetery in the United States
consecrated in the year 1656 when it was described as “outside the city”
During the War of the Revolution it was fortified by the patriots as one . . . — — Map (db m125826) HM
Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), pioneering historian of the American Jew, founded the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati in 1947. In the aftermath of World War II and the brutal destruction of European Jewry, Marcus anticipated the . . . — — Map (db m24849) HM
Her lå
det jødiske barnehjem
14 jødiske barn
som flyktet hit
fra Wien og Praha 1938-39
ble reddet over til sverige
under aksjonen mot jødene
i oktober og november
1942 (Here was the Jewish orphanage. 14 Jewish . . . — — Map (db m276438) HM
“The neighborhood
was our whole life.”
Albert Small, born in the neighborhood in 1902.
This is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Washington. Constructed in 1875 by Adas Israel Congregation, and . . . — — Map (db m29761) HM
German:
Häuser der Ewigkeit - die Jüdischen Friedhöfe der Medinat
מדינת אשפ״ה OSchPaH
Für einige Jahrhunderte waren die landjüdischen Gemeinden Ottensoos, . . . — — Map (db m294681) HM
Jewish War Veterans of the United States — Department of Illinois
To all who served our country at home or on foreign soil
May they rest in peace
Yarmo ☆ DeVere
Post No. 469
Department of Illinois
In memoriam
Commemorative . . . — — Map (db m245291) WM
De begraafplaats werd in 1677 toegewezen aan de toen nog kleine Joodse gemeenschap van Monnickendam. De Joodse begraafplaats aan het Zuideinde, net buiten de stadsomwalling.
Pas ruim een eeuw later zouden de Joden zich meer gaan . . . — — Map (db m268462) HM
The earliest known Jewish settler in the Alexandria-Pineville area was Henry Michael Hyams, whose name appears in the 1830 census. The earliest grave marker identifiable on this site tells that Augusta Bernstein, daughter of Samuel Bernstein, was . . . — — Map (db m38329) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the
men and women of Jewish faith
who gave their lives in the
service of their country.
Placed in their memory by the
Lt. James I. Platt Post No. 651
Jewish War Veterans
of the United States
August 19, . . . — — Map (db m63528) WM
On November 29, 1947, the War of Independence broke out and the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem lasted 180 days. The early stages of the war were characterized by localized Arab attacks in full view of the unresponsive British Army. When the . . . — — Map (db m219151) HM
1 mei 1942
De Joodse stadsgenoten weggevoerd en vermoord in Sobibor en Auschwitz
gedenk
(Hebrew not transcribed)
1 May 1942
The Jewish fellow citizens deported and murdered in Sobibor and . . . — — Map (db m269388) WM
Near this site, in 1850, a small group of German-Jewish immigrants gathered at the home of Isaac and Sarah Cozens and formed the Bet El Society. Here Marcus Cohen, a layman, conducted the first Jewish religious service in Detroit. The following . . . — — Map (db m174196) HM
By the early 1900's Fifth Avenue facing Central Park was lined with magnificent homes. This building is one of the few surviving residences from this period, and an exceptional example of a chateau in the French Gothic style. Designed by C.P.H. . . . — — Map (db m183152) HM
Jewish immigrants who came to Texas through Galveston started arriving by train in Mineola shortly after its establishment in 1873. Many soon established businesses near the intersection of Broad and Johnson Streets, including Simon and Aaron . . . — — Map (db m139016) HM
Op 23 februari 1950 werd op het Weesperplein dit Monument
van Joodse Erkentelijkheid onthuld. Het monument, dat uit
naam van "de Joden van Nederland aan hun beschermers in
de bezettingsjaren 1940-1945" aan de stad Amsterdam . . . — — Map (db m255600) HM WM
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog hebben
de laatst overgebleven Haagse joodse leerlingen hier van mei tot september 1943 les gekregen.
During the Second World War the last remaining Jewish schoolchildren in The Hague were . . . — — Map (db m222862) HM
A la mémoire des élèves de cette école,
déporteés de 1942 a 1944 parce que nées juives,
victimes innocentes de la barbarie nazie
et du gouvernement de Vichy.
Plus de 300 enfants du 9ème Arrondissement
ont été exterminés dans les . . . — — Map (db m240337) HM WM
Memorial Garden Light
Sponsored by Mathew Millen
In Memory of WWII Veterans
1Lt. Edith Millen •
1Lt. Louis Millen •
Sgt. Max S. Millen
National Museum of American Jewish Military . . . — — Map (db m236367) WM
The Jewish Agricultural Society founded an agri-industrial community here in the 1930s on land purchased by Gabriel Davidson. Backed by the Baron deHirsch, the program enabled Jewish families to poultry farm while maintaining jobs in New York and . . . — — Map (db m165715) HM
Jacob Cousins Post 99, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, honors the memory of Maine's Jewish Fallen Heroes in the two great wars.
World War I Fallen Heroes, 1917 - 1918
Jacob Cousins, Portland •
Arthur Goldstein, Portland •
John A. . . . — — Map (db m204566) WM
Jews have lived in Oklahoma since the mid 19th century. In 1903, Jews in Oklahoma City organized Temple B'Nai Israel. During its first few years, the congregation met at several local churches. The synagogue, located at 50 Broadway Circle, was . . . — — Map (db m134144) HM
August Bondi was born July 21, 1831, in Vienna, Austria. The Bondis, Jewish European refugees, fled the Austrian Empire after the failed revolutions of 1848 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. August Bondi moved to Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin . . . — — Map (db m134060) HM
The Holocaust
1933-1945
Now and forever enshrined in memory are the six million Jewish martyrs who perished in concentration camps, ghettos and gas chambers, in their deepest agony they clung to the image of humanity and their acts . . . — — Map (db m192765) HM WM
Rutland Jewish Center
has been placed on the
National Register
Of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m304074) HM
Auf diesem Grundstück stand die Synagoge der orthodoxen jüdischen Gemeinde Darmstadt
Sie wurde am 9.11.1938
von frevlerischer Hand
zerstört
Zum Gedenken und
zur steten Mahnung
(Hebrew text not transcribed) . . . — — Map (db m265652) HM
Bereits im 14. Jahrhundert existierte in Hanau eine
kleine jüdische Gemeinde.
Ab 1603 bemühte sich Graf Philipp Ludwig II. aus
wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen um die Ansiedlung einer
jüdischen Gemeinde in Hanau. In der . . . — — Map (db m267191) HM
(Hebrew text not transcribed)
In dit schoolgebouw
door de bezetter in de jaren van de tweede wereldoorlog
tot joods lyceum verklaard
hebben ruim 400 meisjes en jongens
in de bloei van hun leven onderwijs genoten
Na de . . . — — Map (db m259211) HM WM
In honor of
the Arizonans of
the Jewish faith
who gave their lives
in the service
of our country in World War II
In Memoriam
Sgt. Leno Off April, 1943 • Sgt. Eli Gold - Dec. 29, 1943 • Sgt. Elmer I. Rosner - July 8, 1944 • Lt. Harry . . . — — Map (db m27677) HM
Dedicated to all Jewish men and women of Maryland who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America during War and Peace.
—
American Revolution
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korea . . . — — Map (db m131335) WM
Dit pand was van 1861 tot 1943 een weeshuis voor Joodse meisjes.
"1861 Het grootbrengen van Weesmeisjes behoort tot de goede daden"
Een kwart eeuw later bleek het huis te klein en in 1889
werd het buurpand er bijgevoegd. . . . — — Map (db m251348) HM
Front
Rabbi Perry Nussbaum came to Beth Israel in 1954 and was an important voice for racial justice. Working with diverse ministers, he helped found the Committee of Concern, raising money for black churches burned by the Klan. In 1967, . . . — — Map (db m133848) HM
On September 18, 1857, Congregation B’nai Israel of Jackson dedicated on this site the first synagogue in the Mother Lode. High holiday worship continued until 1869 when the larger Masonic Hall was used to accommodate the congregation. The wooden . . . — — Map (db m100588) HM
Chapman Abraham
During the French and Indian War (1754-1763), the British took Canada from France and with it possession of French forts in the western Great Lakes region, including Detroit. The post remained an important center of trade . . . — — Map (db m33485) HM
Side 1:
The earliest recorded Jewish burials in Columbus were in historic Linwood Cemetery and in the Raphael Moses family cemetery, Esquiline. When the City of Columbus established Riverdale Cemetery in 1890, Temple Israel purchased a . . . — — Map (db m22943) HM
A la mémoire des élèves de ce groupe scolaire déportés de 1942 a 1944 parce que nés juifs, victimes innocentes de la barbarie nazie et du gouvernement de Vichy.
Ils furent exterminés dans les camps de la mort.
Plus de 500 de ces . . . — — Map (db m231001) WM
תנצב״ח
Eternal witnesses of man's need for the world brotherhood
Nathan H. Arenson •
Nathan Balick •
Arthur M. Blatman •
Nathan Blume •
Morton Carlis •
Herman Cohen •
Charles Edelberg • . . . — — Map (db m174916) WM
Long Branch Post 316
Jewis War Veterans
of the USA
through whose efforts
Oceanpointe Towers was erected
dedicates this site
in honor of the men and women who have served in our nation's armed forces and in memory of those who made . . . — — Map (db m209106) HM WM
“Dharma is our family Deity."
"We do not have a tradition
of abandoning those who are under our protection,"
Gold Torah crown gifted to the Paradesi Synagogue, Kochi
The Torah is the compilation of the first five books of the . . . — — Map (db m292620) HM
In the course of the reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter the 1970s, archaeological finds dated to different periods include numerous architectural elements. These were found throughout the Jewish Quarter in secondary use in later structures, and . . . — — Map (db m220137) HM
The Rochester Jewish community
provided for their burial
"All are equal before God"
Rabbi Gamaliel
May their souls be bound up
in the bond of eternal life
[Dedicated] August 2007
'ת' ג' צ' . . . — — Map (db m239876) HM
Während der nationalsozialistischen Diktatur (1933-1945) wurden jüdische Bürger diskriminiert, entrechtet und verfolgt. Ihrer Existenzgrundlage beraubt, verließen viele ihre Heimat und flüchteten ins Ausland. Andere
suchten Zuflucht . . . — — Map (db m267211) HM WM
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