The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) is an American
non-profit
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501(c)(3)
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volunteer historical society. The society locates sites of American and
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
historical interest and importance. It works with local community organizations,
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
s, churches, historical societies, governments and individuals, to erect interpretive
historical marker
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other ...
s that help illuminate the American-Jewish experience and reflect on the commonality of being American.
JASHP was founded in 1999 after the discovery by the founder, Jerry Klinger, of the first permanent Jewish house of worship in the territory of New Mexico (Temple Montefiore, Las Vegas, N.M.). JASHP has completed projects in 40 states and in 6 countries. Projects are constantly being developed and proposals are welcomed. Over 7,000,000 people a year benefit from JASHP projects. The society is a small organization. Each program is individualized with organizational participation from as few as two or three people to as many as 300. Considering JASHP's size, its impact has been disproportionately large.
JASHP is the recipient of Hadassah's Myrtle Wreath Award, which is "given to individuals and non-profit organizations which have made significant humanitarian contributions to our community."
Programs
JASHP has completed programs in the following states reflecting on the Jewish American experience:
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
– Mobile, Shaare Shomayim - Gates of Heaven, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Alabama - 1841
![Leo Frank marker project](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Leo_Frank_marker_project.jpg)
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
– Little Rock
#Concordia Hall
#Broncho Billy Anderson, The First Cowboy Western Movie Star
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
– Cotopaxi, Russian Jewish Cemetery - 1882–1884
* Congressional
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...
Private Benjamin Levy,
#First Jewish American to earn the MOH -1862
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
– Groton, Jews and the American Navy
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Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
– Wilmington, Ohabe Shalom, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Delaware - 1880
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
, Pensacola, Temple Beth El, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Florida, 1876
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
, Palm Beach
#Wakodahatchee Wetlands
#Green Cay Wetlands
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Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
– Keokuk, B'Nai Israel Congregation, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Iowa - 1855
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
– Kansas City, Jewish American and World War I
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
– Leavenworth, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Kansas - 1866
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
– New Orleans
#Shangarai Chasset, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Louisiana - 1845
#Touro Infirmary
![Touro - Marker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Touro_-_Marker.jpg)
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Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
– Bangor, Congregation Beth Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship - 1897
![LIttle Rock, Arkansas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Little_Rock%2C_Arkansas.jpg)
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
– Montgomery County, Sophia Chamys, victim of white slavery
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
– Hagerstown, Thomas Kennedy, Jew Bill of Maryland
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
– Saint Paul, Mt. Zion Temple, first permanent Jewish House of Worship in Minnesota - 1856
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
– Jackson, Temple Beth Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Mississippi - 1867
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
– Natchez, Temple B'Nai Israel, first organized Jewish house of worship in Mississippi
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Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
– Helena, Temple Emanuel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Montana - 1890
![Omaha, Nebraska marker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Omaha%2C_Nebraska_marker.jpg)
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
– Omaha, Congregation of Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Nebraska - 1884
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
– Virginia City
#Engineering Marvels of the Comstock
#Virginia City Jewish Cemetery - 1862
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
– Portsmouth, Temple Israel, First Permanent House of Worship - 1910
![Jersey Homesteads (Roosevelt), N](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Jersey_Homesteads_%28Roosevelt%29%2C_N.J._marker.jpg)
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
– Roosevelt, Jersey Homesteads
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New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
– Las Vegas, Congregation Montefiore, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in New Mexico - 1884
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New York – Buffalo, Mordechai Noah and Ararat
![Cheyenne, Wy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Cheyenne%2C_Wy._Marker_Project.jpg)
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
– Valley City,#Herman Stern, Holocaust rescuer
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
– Ashley Jewish Cemetery, NRHP
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
– Bonanazaville, North Dakota Jewry
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
– Oklahoma City, Temple B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Oklahoma - 1908
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
– Lancaster, Joseph Simon, Jewish American frontiersman
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South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
#Jews of Deadwood
![Hebrew Hill, Mt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Hebrew_Hill%2C_Mt._Zion%2C_Deadwood%2C_S.D..jpg)
#Mount Rushmore National Monument
#Mount Rushmore National Monument, "Father of Mt. Rushmore"
#Congregation Sons of Israel, Sioux Falls, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota - 1916
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
– 1. Memphis, Congregation Children of Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee - 1854. 2. Knoxville, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jewish POWs, WWII - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=160252
![Clarion, Kiosk - Gunnison, Utah](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Clarion%2C_Kiosk_-_Gunnison%2C_Utah.jpg)
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Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, Clarion
#Jewish Agricultural Settlement - 1911
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Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
– Salt Lake City
#Congregation B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah - 1883
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Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
– Wild Horse Butte
#Solomon Carvalho - John C. Fremont Expedition of exploration 1853–54
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
– Richmond, Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Virginia - 1789
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
– Spokane, Temple Emanuel, First Permanent Jewish House of worship in Washington State - 1892
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
– Charleston, Temple Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in West Virginia - 1873
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Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
– Cheyenne, Mt. Sinai Congregation, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Wyoming - 1915
Special programs
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Leo Frank
Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent who was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. His trial, conviction, and appeals attracted national at ...
, Marietta, Georgia
# Leo Frank Lynching
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Stephen Norman
Stephen Norman, born Stephan Theodor Neumann (1918–1946) was the grandson of the founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl.
Biography
Stephen Neumann (later Norman) was born in Austria. His parents feared for the safety of their only child as anti-Sem ...
, Jerusalem, Israel
# The last descendant of Theodor Herzl - the father of the modern State of Israel
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Four Chaplains
The Four Chaplains, also referred to as the Immortal Chaplains or the ''Dorchester'' Chaplains, were four World War II chaplains who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the American troop ship sank on February 3, 1943, in what has ...
, Memorial - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
# U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
* American Holocaust Memorials
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Paramaribo
Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...
,
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
#Holocaust and Memory
International projects
![Patterson Reburial Site](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Patterson_Reburial_Site.jpg)
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John Henry Patterson, Avihayil, Israel
# Godfather of the Israel Defense Forces
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...
, Weimar, Germany
# The "Kleine Lager" Memorial
![Buchenwald Little Camp Memorial](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Buchenwald_Little_Camp_Memorial.jpg)
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Adam Worth
Adam Worth (18448 January 1902) was a crime boss and fraudster. His career in crime, stretching from the United States to Europe and South Africa, included the infamous theft of Gainsborough's celebrated Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devo ...
, London, England
# The Napoleon of Crime
* Rev.
William Hechler
William Henry Hechler (1 October 1845 – 30 January 1931) was an English Restorationist Anglican clergyman; eschatological writer; crusader against antisemitism; promoter of Zionism; and aide, counselor, friend and legitimiser of Theodor Herzl, ...
- First Christian Zionist, London, England
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Joan Winters, Jerusalem, Israel
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Paramaribo
Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's ...
,
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
, Holocaust and Memory
![Exodus_Memorial_Haifa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Exodus_Memorial_Haifa.jpg)
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SS Exodus
''Exodus 1947'' was a packet steamship that was built in the United States in 1928 as ''President Warfield'' for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company. From her completion in 1928 until 1942 she carried passengers and freight across Chesapeake Bay b ...
, Haifa, Israel
#Exodus - 1947, the iconic American Holocaust rescue ship
#Bill Bernstein - American second officer on the ''Exodus'' murdered during the British attack
Charitable sponsorships
* Hero Miles -
Fisher House Foundation
Fisher House Foundation is a charity and foundation that builds comfort homes where military & veterans families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. Fisher Houses are located at major military and VA medical centers n ...
JASHP articles on American Jewish history
* Kahal HaKadosh Beit Elohim, Charleston, S.C.
* American Holocaust Memorializations
* Reverend
John Stanley Grauel - Secret Haganah operative on the S.S. ''Exodus''
* American Jewish History,
* Zionism and Israel
See also
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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, founded in 1947, is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry. It has be ...
References
External links
*https://www.tuskegee.edu/news/new-historic-trail-honoring-tuskegee-area-civil-rights-trailblazers-to-be-dedicated-sept-20
*http://www.thechronicle-news.com/arts_and_entertainment/temple-aaron-stands-will-continue-to-stand-as-a-monument/article_02b49cd0-99d9-11e9-b4d4-8b9f635ca634.html
*https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/my-tribute-to-klinger/
*http://forward.com/culture/345517/heres-how-one-man-has-preserved-the-milestones-of-jewish-history/
The Jewish American Society for Historic PreservationAmerican Jewish Yearbook - 2014 Georgia Historical Society - Leo Frank marker *http://www.jpost.com/International/Christian-leader-pivotal-to-Herzls-work-recognized
*http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8648
*http://njjewishnews.com/article/31668/new-roosevelt-marker-celebrates-jewish-roots
*http://www.startribune.com/celebrating-160-years-of-jewish-life-in-minnesota/421571443/
Israel, Jewish leaders pay respects to first Christian Zionist - israel today , Israel NewsJewish Post and NewsJerusalem Plans a Hero’s Burial for Long-Deceased Grandson of Herzl – Forward.comFrank marker removed for roadworkhistorical marker dedicated at Wild Horse Butte*http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jerusalem-monument-to-be-dedicated-to-Machal-517548
*http://www.thechronicle-news.com/local/temple-aaron-unveils-new-historical-marker-celebrates--years/article_0f61cb2e-979a-11e9-920e-43db107811cd.html
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