Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP)[1] is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer historical society. The society locates sites of American and Jewish historical interest and importance. It works with local community organizations, synagogues, churches, historical societies, governments and individuals, to erect interpretive historical markers 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.).[2] JASHP has completed projects in 28 states and in five countries. Projects are constantly being developed and proposals are welcomed. Over 6,000,000 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 disproportionally 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

Alabama, Mobile, Shaare Shomayim - Gates of Heaven, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Alabama - 1841

Leo Frank marker, Marietta,Ga.

Arkansas, Little Rock,

  1. Concordia Hall
  2. Broncho Billy Anderson,The First Cowboy Western Movie Star

Colorado, Cotopaxi,Russian Jewish Cemetery -1882-1884

Congressional Medal of Honor Private Benjamin Levy,#First Jewish American to earn the MOH -1862

ConnecticutGroton, Jews and the American Navy

Delaware, Wilmington, Ohabe Shalom, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Delaware -1880 <

Florida, Pensacola, Temple Beth El, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Florida, 1876

Florida, Palm Beach,

  1. Wakodahatchee Wetlands <
  2. Green Cay Wetlands

Iowa, Keokuk, B'Nai Israel Congregation, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Iowa -1855

Kansas, Kansas City, Jewish American and World War I

Kansas, Leavenworth, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Kansas -1866

Louisiana, New Orleans,

  1. Shangarai Chasset, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Louisiana -1845
  2. Touro Infirmary
Touro Infirmary Marker

Maine, Bangor, Congregation Beth Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship -1897 [[File:LIttle Rock, Arkansas.jpg|thumb]Congregation Beth Israel, Little Rock]

Maryland, Montgomery County, Sophia Chamys, Victim of White Slavery

Maryland, Hagerstown, Thomas Kennedy, Jew Bill of Maryland

Mississippi, Jackson, Temple Beth Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Mississippi -1867

Mississippi, Natchez, Temple B'Nai Israel, First organized Jewish House of Worship in Mississippi

Montana, Helena, Temple Emanuel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Montana - 1890

Nebraska,Omaha, Congregation of Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Nebraska -1884

Congregation of Israel, Omaha, Nebraska

New Jersey, Roosevelt, Jersey Homesteads

Borough of Roosevelt, Roosevelt, N.J.

New York, Buffalo, Mordechai Noah and Ararat

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Nevada, Virginia City,

  1. Engineering Marvels of the Comstock
  2. Virginia City Jewish Cemetery - 1862

New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Temple Israel, First Permanent House of Worship -1910

North Dakota. Valley City,#Herman Stern, Holocaust Rescuer

New Mexico, Las Vegas, #Congregation Montefiore, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in New Mexico -1884

Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Temple B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Oklahoma -1908

Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Joseph Simon, Jewish American Frontiersman

South Dakota

  1. Jews of Deadwood
Hebrew Hill, Mt. Zion, Deadwood, S.D.
  1. Mount Rushmore National Monument
  2. Congregation Sons of Israel, Sioux Falls, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota - 1916

Tennessee, Memphis, Congregation Children of Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee -1854

Utah, Salt Lake City,

  1. Congregation B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah -1883

Utah, Clarion

  1. Jewish Agricultural Settlement -1911
Kiosk, Clarion, Utah

Utah, Wild Horse Butte,

  1. Solomon Carvalho - John C. Fremont Expedition of Exploration 1853-54

Virginia, Richmond, Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Virginia -1789

Washington, Spokane, #Temple Emanuel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Washington State -1892

West Virginia, Charleston, Temple Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in West Virginia - 1873

Wyoming, Cheyenne, Mt.Sinai Congregation, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Wyoming -1915

Special programs

  1. Leo Frank Lynching
  1. The last descendant of Theodor Herzl - the father of the modern State of Israel
  1. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
  1. Holocaust and Memory

International projects

  1. Godfather of the Israel Defense Forces

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Col. John Henry Patterson, Avihayil, Israel
  1. The "Kleine Lager" Memorial
Site of the Jewish camp in Buchenwald
  1. The Napoleon of Crime

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  1. Holocaust and Memory [7]
Exodus Memorial, Haifa, Israel
  1. Exodus - 1947, The iconic American Holocaust Rescue Ship
  2. Bill Bernstein - American second officer on the Exodus murdered during the British attack

Charitable sponsorships

JASHP articles on American Jewish history

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jewish Amer. Society for Historic Preservation". Jashp.org. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/images/The_Accidental_Congregation-3.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.jta.org/tags/john-henry-patterson
  4. ↑ http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/non_jewish_l.a._zionist_buried_in_israel
  5. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/internationalprograms/londonengland.html
  6. ↑ Paul, Jonny. "Christian leader pivotal to Herzl’s work... JPost - International". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  7. ↑ http://www.cjnews.com/news/international/holocaust-memorial-unveiled-in-suriname
  8. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/images/KKBE_Rich_Archival_History_Deserves_Preservation.pdf
  9. ↑ jashp1@msn.com, Jewish Magazine (1942-08-20). "Preserving the Holocaust Memory". Jewishmag.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  10. ↑ Klinger, Jerry. "John the Priest: Reverend John Stanley Grauel, the man who helped make Israel possible". Palyam.org. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/amjewishhistory.html
  12. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/boyntonbeachchronicles.html
  13. ↑ http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/zionismandisrael.html

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Additional sources

  1. ↑ http://www.jta.org/tags/john-henry-patterson
  2. ↑ http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/non_jewish_l.a._zionist_buried_in_israel
  3. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/International/Christian-leader-pivotal-to-Herzls-work-recognized
  4. ↑ http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8648
  5. ↑ http://www.cjnews.com/news/international/holocaust-memorial-unveiled-in-suriname
  6. ↑ http://njjewishnews.com/article/31668/new-roosevelt-marker-celebrates-jewish-roots#.WEAtGbIrKM8
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