U.S. Jewry

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  1. 8. _______ Kohn, was one of the many immigrant peddlers who came to the US from Central Europe.
  2. 9. The new Sephardic congregation formed from half of the first Jewish congregation in North America in 1825.
  3. 10. In 1851 which city had a synogogue, kosher butcher, and Jewish day school?
  4. 12. An Eastern city, like New York, where Jews settled in the 1800s.
  5. 14. What year did the Jews head west in search of gold?
  6. 15. Francisco In which Californian city was there enough Jews in 1851 to have two congregations?
  7. 16. Levi's jeans come from the French denim cloth called what?
  8. 18. A person who fills their packs with everything they could carry and then sell.
  9. 19. When Jews wed non-Jews.
  10. 20. The new Ashkenazic congregation formed from half of the first Jewish congregation in North America in 1825.
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  1. 1. A communal organization formed as Jewish immigrants settled in the United States.
  2. 2. The first Jewish congregation in North America.
  3. 3. The Jewish population went from ________ in 1820 to about 150,000 in 1860.
  4. 4. Jewish congregations often split along what lines?
  5. 5. Kohn lamented that the Jewish peddlers had forgotten their what?
  6. 6. How many Jewish congregations existed when George Washington was inaugurated?
  7. 7. A chain store like Macy's and Neiman Marcus which started as "Jew's Stores".
  8. 11. How many Jewish congregations were there in the United States in 1860?
  9. 13. A Jewish immigrant peddler from Bavaria who founded a very famous buisiness empire.
  10. 17. What percentage of all clothing firms outside of New York were Jewish owned.