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was founded two years after the country club, in 1926. The JCC moved to its present location at 333 South 132nd Street in 1973. The original JCC was the site of important labor organizing in the city, and has continued to serve as an important center for financial support in Omaha's Jewish community
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In 1911 a conversion held in Omaha provoked controversy in the Jewish world. Rabbi Zvi Hirsch
Grodzenski, Omaha's Orthodox rabbi, published in the HaMassaf magazine that one butcher who lived in his city converted a girl for marriage to a Jewish guy, assuring her that after the conversion she would
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and packinghouses. She was much influenced by her parents' Jewish socialist community in North Omaha, and was an activist all her life. Later Olsen began to publish her writings (after her move to
California). She became an influential feminist author and served as writer-in-residence at several
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was opened by
Brandeis, a notable member of Omaha's Jewish community, in 1906. Wise Memorial Hospital, named in honor of Rabbi Joseph M. Wise, was located at 406 South 24th Street on a lot donated by Brandeis's wife. Built in 1912 for $ 125,000, between 1912 and 1917 the hospital treated more than
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was one of the few non-Jewish members at
Highland. He joined the club in 1968 to promote anti-discrimination. The Highland Country Club at Pacific and 132nd Streets was renamed Iron Wood in 2000. It no longer specifies Jewish-only membership, just as most other country clubs no longer exclude
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after their businesses were targeted and destroyed in urban riots. Most Jewish residents had already gradually moved to West Omaha and other neighborhoods. In 1968, there were 7,000 Jews living in Omaha. By the second decade of the 21st century the Jewish population was approximately 6,000.
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Jewish businessmen created much of the commercial development in the Near North Side, especially the important North 24th Street corridor. After helping establish the prominence of the area before World War I, many Jewish merchants maintained their businesses even after the neighborhood was
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The Jewish Press began publication in 1920; it is still being published, and Omaha has the distinction of being the smallest community in the United States that is able to produce a weekly Jewish publication. In 1924 Omaha's Jewish community celebrated opening its own exclusive
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not have to keep any commandments at all. Rabbi
Grodzensky ruled that the conversion was null and void. Rabbi Yechezkel Benat agreed that such conversions should not be made in the first place, but stated that the conversion is valid in any situation.
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Today there are many Jewish families who have lived in Omaha for four generations. These families have followed the expansion of the city to the west, with the center of their residential areas and synagogues having moved from
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worked to create strong congregations. In
January 1871, Temple Israel was founded as the first Jewish congregation in Nebraska. Immediately afterwards, the congregation formed a burial society and established the
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since the 1980s. Historically Omaha served as a point of migration for Jewish
Americans who moved on to other cities. Today people from across the country can recall Omaha in their family histories.
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was enforced against the Jews of Kiev, which led many to migrate from the
Ukraine to the United States. Omaha became home to hundreds, as they settled in the older neighborhoods of the city.
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In 1884 the congregation dedicated the first synagogue in Omaha at 23rd and Harney Streets. Later in the century Eastern European Jews immigrated to the city. In 1886, an
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1,000 patients. In 1930 the institution closed. The Louis Epstein family opened the first motion picture house between Chicago and Denver in 1911.
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AKA "The Kapulier Shul", incorporated at 19th and Beast St., then 24th and Nicholas, and then 3028 Cuming St.
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12th and Capitol| Russian; also known as "The Kippler Shul"; moved to 18th and Chicago in 1910.
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was a prominent Jewish member in the Omaha community who served in the first
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Images of America: Jewish Life in Omaha and Lincoln; A photographic history.
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suburbs. New Jewish immigrants have come to the city from Russia and
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Nebraska Public Media. Air Date, 08/01/1994. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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Jewish Life in Omaha and Lincoln: A Photographic History.
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Religious buildings and structures in Omaha, Nebraska
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National Conference of Jewish Social Service. (1955)
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Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate
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B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. Retrieved 9/15/07.
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453:(1893–1991) - founder of Hinky Dinky grocery chain
2083:List of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska
1458:The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot
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1471:by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
1465:by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
1431:. Jewish Federation of Omaha. Retrieved 9/15/07.
1412:. Jewish Federation of Omaha. Retrieved 9/15/07.
1308:, Jewish Federation of Omaha. Retrieved 7/20/08.
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1256:, Nebraska Memories website. Retrieved 1/18/08.
892:The land for this cemetery was bought in 1927.
240:Jewish businesses left North Omaha only in the
1054:"History and Development of Aleph Zadik Aleph"
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447:(1892 – after 1937) - lawyer, clubwoman
369:(1904–1987), Plato scholar at Princeton
365:Julius Cherniss - great-grandfather of
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1085:. University of Nebraska Press. p 115.
510:B'nai Israel Synagogue (unaffiliated)
325:was a B'nai B'rith leader from Omaha.
298:United Packinghouse Workers of America
217:Beth Hamedrosh Hagadol Cemetery is in
182:J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store Building
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459:(1907–1979) - Omaha mayor (1954–1961)
119:Central Conference of American Rabbis
1469:"A History of Antisemitism in Omaha"
1242:The Jewish Social Service Quarterly.
2570:Jews and Judaism in Omaha, Nebraska
1365:"Jewish History of Omaha, Nebraska"
1097:, Temple Israel. Retrieved 9/15/07.
353:(1909–1959) - world boxing champion
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1335:Larson and Cottrell. (1997) p 158.
1122:Larson and Cottrell. (1997) p 161.
441:(1879–1967) - librarian and author
285:organization and president of the
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1395:The Jewish Experience in America.
1213:"Nebraska - The Jewish Community"
1111:The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia.
1083:The Gate City: A history of Omaha
435:(1940) - philosopher and logician
408:(1949) - animator, co-founder of
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347:(1954–2013) - author/politician
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287:Zionist Organization of America
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1454:The Jewish Community of Omaha
1354:. Beth El. Retrieved 9/15/07.
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359:(1893–1998) - founder of the
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1266:"O! What a Jewish Community"
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1081:Larson and Cottrell. (1997)
762:B’nai Jacob – Adas Yeshuron
665:Park Ave and Johnson Street
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862:Jewish cemeteries in Omaha
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375:(1959) - musician/composer
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471:(1897–1952) - sociologist
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132:; helped found the first
1254:"Wise Memorial Hospital"
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612:Temple Israel Synagogue
590:1866 South 120th Street
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2088:Omaha race riot of 1919
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887:4700 South 84th Street
807:1929—Beth El Synagogue
735:Beth Hamedrash Hagodol
605:323 South 132nd Street
387:(1952) - co-founder of
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107:, a recent graduate of
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911:Abbreviated to B.H.H.
902:8600 South 42 Street,
802:AKA “the Riekes Shul”
551:Beth Israel Synagogue
465:(1954) - tennis player
249:Notable Jewish Omahans
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87:Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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1065:Pollack, O.B. (2001)
1026:"A Street of Dreams,"
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573:Offutt Air Force Base
557:12604 Pacific Street
394:Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky
317:United States Senator
292:Born in North Omaha,
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1345:"History of Beth El"
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917:Golden Hill Cemetery
515:618 Mynster Street,
423:(1912–2000) - author
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223:Fisher Farm Cemetery
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1485:Arcadia Publishing.
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1189:Edgar (1976) p. 14.
1154:Edgar (1976) p. 11.
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429:(1914–2014) - rabbi
319:from 1976 to 1987.
235:moved from the area
16:The history of the
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2127:A Time for Burning
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1384:Retrieved 9/15/07.
1350:2007-07-11 at the
1304:2011-07-26 at the
1271:2009-12-05 at the
1218:2007-09-30 at the
1169:, Public Affairs,
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960:Oak Hills Cemetery
535:Beth El Synagogue
527:2013-05-17 at the
457:John R. Rosenblatt
417:(1920) - economist
367:Harold F. Cherniss
335:college fraternity
279:Arthur J. Lelyveld
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130:Lincoln, Nebraska
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