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Events
| Event | Introduction | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Congregation Rodeph Shalom | The first Ashkenazic congregation in the Western Hemisphere, Rodeph Shalom, was founded in Philadelphia in 1795. | |
| George Washington's Letter to Touro Synagogue | President George Washington's 1790 letter to Jews in Rhode Island is widely regarded as his most emphatic endorsement of religious liberty and acceptance. | |
| Hebrew Union College | Hebrew Union College, the oldest center of Jewish higher education in America, was founded in 1875 with its first campus in Cincinnati. | |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | The Jewish Theological Seminary, founded in New York in 1886, is the educational center of Conservative Judaism. | |
| Mikveh Israel | Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia began as a Jewish cemetery (1740) but later became a synagogue (1782), one of the earliest existing Jewish synagogues in America. | |
| Rebecca Gratz Founds First Hebrew Sunday School | Under Rebecca Gratz's oversight, the first free Hebrew Sunday school opened in Philadelphia in 1838. | |
| Sally Priesand Becomes First Female Rabbi | On June 3, 1972, Sally Priesand became the first female rabbi ordained in America -- and the first woman in Judaism to earn seminary ordination. | |
| Touro Synagogue | Touro Synagogue was dedicated in 1763 in Newport, R.I. It is the oldest dedicated synagogue in America. | |
| World Parliament of Religions | In 1893, the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago introduced many non-Christian faiths to America -- including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Jainism, Shinto and Taoism. |
Biographies
| Name | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Ginzberg, Louis | Judaic scholar and writer Louis Ginzberg (1873-1953) trained two generations of Conservative rabbis over 50 years at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. |
| Heschel, Abraham Joshua | Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was an important Jewish theologian and social activist in the 20th century. |
| Hirsch, Emil | Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch (1851-1923) was considered one of the great minds of Reform Judaism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Schneerson, Menachem | Rabbi Menachem Schneerson (1902-1994) was a revered leader of the Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism, building it into a prominent force within Orthodoxy. |
| Soloveitchik , Joseph B. | Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903-1993), the leading figure of the Modern Orthodox Judaism in America, sought to unite traditionalism with contemporary thought. |
Movements
| Movement | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Reconstructionist Judaism | Founded in the mid-1930s by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, Reconstructionist Judaism became the first uniquely American Jewish movement. |
| Zionism | Beginning in the late 19th century, Zionism gained attention as a political movement seeking the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland. |
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