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Completed Prgms 1

Mobile, Alabama

Annapolis, Md.

Little Rock, Arkansas

Cotopaxi, Colorado

Cong. Medal of Honor

Wilmington, Delaware

Pensacola, Florida

Palm Beach (1), Florida

Palm Beach (2), Florida

Keokuk, Iowa

New Orleans, La. -1

New Orleans, La. -2

Kansas City, WWI Museum

Leavenworth, Kansas

Bangor, Maine

Montgomery Cnty, Maryland

Hagerstown, Maryland

Jackson, Mississippi

Completed Prgms 2

Natchez, Mississippi

Helena, Montana April, 2001

Buffalo, New York

Omaha, Nebraska

Virginia City, Nevada

Las Vegas, N.M.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Lancaster, Pa.

Deadwood, South Dakota

Memphis, Tennessee

Salt Lake City, Utah

Wild Horse Butte, Utah

Richmond, Va.

Spokane, Washington

Charleston, W. Va.

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Leo Frank

The Last Herzl

International Programs

Buchenwald - Little Camp

Adam Worth - London

Joan Winters - Jerualem

Col. Patterson - Avihayil

American Holocaust Mem.

Hero Miles

Am. Jewish History

Boynton Beach Chronicles

Zionism and Israel

Article Submissions

Completed Programs 3

Congregation B'Nai Israel 1883
First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah
Rabbi Tracee Rosen & Mayor Ralph Becker unveil the historic marker

Jew's are reputed to have been amongst the "Mountain Men" accompanying famed explorer Jim Bridger in the early 19th century.   Julius and Fanny Brooks were the first documentable Jewish Americans, 1855, who made Utah their home.  A chance meeting with a U.S. Army Captain in Galena, Ohio recommended they move west for opportunities. The Captain was Ulysses S. Grant, later president of the United States. It was not until 1874 that the Jewish community in Salt Lake City grew large enough to establish a regular, sustainable Jewish religious community. 

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Congregation B’Nai Israel

Site of the first permanent Jewish house of worship in Utah 1883

Jews have been part of Utah’s religious, economic, social, and political life since the mid-19th century.  Congregation B’Nai Israel was organized in 1874.  The first service was held in March, 1883.  B’Nai Israel merged with Congregation Montefiore in 1972 establishing Congregation Kol Ami. Congregation  B’Nai Israel in Utah affirmed the American principles of Freedom of Religion and Assembly

Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Utah State History, Congregation Kol Ami


Historic marker located at the Peery Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah

The plaque is located at the historic Peery Hotel.  The Peery was built in 1910 on the site of the earlier Congregation B'Nai Israel. The Congregation had relocated to 249 South 400 East Streets in Salt Lake City in 1889.  The new house of worship was a scaled reproduction of the "Great Synagogue" in Berlin, Germany.



Jews and Latter Day Saints

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