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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]
The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (the Jewish Board) is one of the United States' largest nonprofit mental health and social service agencies, and New York State 's largest social services nonprofit. [1] Its services are non-sectarian, and nearly half of its clients are not Jewish. It has over 3,300 employees and 2,200 ...
In the 1950s, the camp had a summer population of 1500 children between the ages of 5 and 16, and it provided for free summer events and trips to Jewish elderly. It moved to its present site in Lake Delton, Wisconsin in 1957 and became a co-ed camp. The 600 acre facility features summer cabins, two pools, tennis courts, a horseback riding ...
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 bankrupt before ...
Jewish Community Services has been holding the event for 21 years, providing support and sustenance for those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford a Passover meal.
The Gates of Heaven Synagogue, also known as the Old Synagogue, is a historic synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, designed by German immigrant architect August Kutzbock and constructed in 1863 for the Gates of Heaven congregation. The congregation that commissioned the synagogue was a group of 17 German-speaking Jewish families that ...
Bader Philanthropies Inc. is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based foundation that consists of funds from the Helen Daniels Bader Fund and the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund. It pledges to give away $14 million annually.