Few Jews arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in its early years. As an immigrant port of entry and border town between North and South and as a manufacturing center in its own right, Baltimore has been we
Congregation Tiferes Yisroel
Lloyd Street Synagogue
Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue
Sinai Hospital, founded in 1866 as the Hebrew Hospital and Asylum
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American Jews or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by ethnicity, religion, or culture. According to a 2020 poll conducted by Pew Research, approximately two thirds of Amer
History of the Jews in Baltimore
…and border town between North and South and as a manufacturing center in its own right, Baltimore has been well-positioned to reflect developments in American Jewish life. Yet, the Jewish community of Baltimore has maintained its own distinctive character as well. The 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia states…
Eastern European Jewish immigrants arriving in New York
The New York City metropolitan area is home to by far the largest Jewish American population.
Touro Synagogue (built in 1759), in Newport, Rhode Island, has the oldest still existing synagogue building in the United States.
Birkat Hachama of Conservative Jews, Encino, Los Angeles