Author: Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738590940
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Jews arrived to the bustling town of Springfield shortly after its founding in 1838, only five years after the birth of the state of Missouri. The first Jews to live in Springfield were Victor and Bertha Sommers with her brother Ferdinand Bakrow. They opened Victor Sommers & Co., a dry goods store in 1860. The Jewish community grew as merchants brought their families, tying Springfield to other towns along the Mississippi River through marriages. The first congregation was founded in 1893 by the German Reform Jews. In 1918, the Eastern European Jews founded their Orthodox congregation. In the 1940s, the two merged. Unlike other small Jewish communities that have slowly perished because of their children's migration to larger Jewish communities where they could use their education, this Jewish community in the Ozarks continues to thrive because of the universities and hospitals in the region.
Jews of Springfield in the Ozarks
Author: Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738590940
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Jews arrived to the bustling town of Springfield shortly after its founding in 1838, only five years after the birth of the state of Missouri. The first Jews to live in Springfield were Victor and Bertha Sommers with her brother Ferdinand Bakrow. They opened Victor Sommers & Co., a dry goods store in 1860. The Jewish community grew as merchants brought their families, tying Springfield to other towns along the Mississippi River through marriages. The first congregation was founded in 1893 by the German Reform Jews. In 1918, the Eastern European Jews founded their Orthodox congregation. In the 1940s, the two merged. Unlike other small Jewish communities that have slowly perished because of their children's migration to larger Jewish communities where they could use their education, this Jewish community in the Ozarks continues to thrive because of the universities and hospitals in the region.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738590940
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Jews arrived to the bustling town of Springfield shortly after its founding in 1838, only five years after the birth of the state of Missouri. The first Jews to live in Springfield were Victor and Bertha Sommers with her brother Ferdinand Bakrow. They opened Victor Sommers & Co., a dry goods store in 1860. The Jewish community grew as merchants brought their families, tying Springfield to other towns along the Mississippi River through marriages. The first congregation was founded in 1893 by the German Reform Jews. In 1918, the Eastern European Jews founded their Orthodox congregation. In the 1940s, the two merged. Unlike other small Jewish communities that have slowly perished because of their children's migration to larger Jewish communities where they could use their education, this Jewish community in the Ozarks continues to thrive because of the universities and hospitals in the region.
Creating Community
Author: Mara W. Cohen Ioannides
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736236703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Creating Community expands the written histories of Springfield that have long overlooked this minority in the local community. It also adds to the growing study of small Jewish communities around the United States. Springfield is both Southern and Midwestern in flavor and this is reflected in the Jewish community's development that has examples of both. Jews have been part of the economic development of the town since the 1860s. Since then, they have also been involved in fraternal and social organizations, politics, and education. This is not a complete history, but its purpose is not to be encyclopedic, rather it is to exemplify how this minority group were part of the growth the Queen City of the Ozarks.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736236703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Creating Community expands the written histories of Springfield that have long overlooked this minority in the local community. It also adds to the growing study of small Jewish communities around the United States. Springfield is both Southern and Midwestern in flavor and this is reflected in the Jewish community's development that has examples of both. Jews have been part of the economic development of the town since the 1860s. Since then, they have also been involved in fraternal and social organizations, politics, and education. This is not a complete history, but its purpose is not to be encyclopedic, rather it is to exemplify how this minority group were part of the growth the Queen City of the Ozarks.
Starting Over
Author: James A. Gelin
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Springfield, Mo
Author: Ernest I. Jacob
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Jews of Springfield
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Category : Danville (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Danville (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The First One Hundred Years
Author: Springfield Jewish Community Center
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Future of the Springfield Jewish Community
Author: Fredric Benson
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Springfield's Ethnic Heritage
Author: Barry Schatz
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Category : Irish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Category : Irish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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A Population Survey of the Greater Springfield Jewish Community
Author: Sidney Goldstein
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Springfield Jewish Federation, Fifty Years of Caring (1941-1991)
Author: Jacob Duffy Myers
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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