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The history of Jews in Milwaukee began in the early 1840s with the arrival of Jewish immigrants from German -speaking states and the Austro-Hungarian empire. [1] Throughout the 19th century, Milwaukee was the hub of Wisconsin's Jewish population with 80% of the state's Jews living there. [2] As of 2011, it is home to 25,800 Jewish people, or 78 ...
List of synagogues in Wisconsin. This is a list of Wisconsin synagogues. Founded 1915. Sold to Odd Fellows Club, 1947 [1] Est. 1883. Was Reform. Being refurbished by current owner. [3] Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (father of Harry Houdini) was rabbi early on. Destroyed. [4]
Added to NRHP. March 5, 1992. Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid ( Hebrew: בית ישראל) is an egalitarian [4] Conservative synagogue located at 6880 North Green Bay Road in Glendale, a suburb north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. Founded in 1884 as Congregation B'ne Jacob, the congregation split, re-amalgamated, and went ...
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The Uihlein family (/ ˈjuːlaɪn / YOO-lyne) [1] is an American family known for its activities in business and philanthropy. Of German heritage, the family has roots in Wisconsin. Many members of the family are prominent political donors and activists. Historically, the family had close ties to the brewing industry, with patriarch August ...
It merged in 1946 with the Jewish Family Welfare Society of Brooklyn to form Jewish Family Services (JFS). The present-day Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services (the Jewish Board) resulted in 1978 from a further merger with the Jewish Board of Guardians, which itself had been founded in 1907 by Alice Davis Menken (who was known for her ...
Temple Beth El (Madison, Wisconsin) / 43.0564°N 89.4288°W / 43.0564; -89.4288. Temple Beth El, also known as Temple Beth-El, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1939.