page_title: Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
section_title: Programs
hierarchical_section_title: Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation / Programs
caption_attribution_description: English: Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, historic marker in Jersey Homesteads (Roosevelt), N.J.
context_page_description: The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation is an American non-profit 501 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. JASHP has completed projects in 37 states and in five countries. Projects are constantly being developed and proposals are welcomed. Over 7,000,000 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 disproportionately large.
context_section_description: 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 
   
  Arkansas – Little Rock
  Concordia Hall 
  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 
  Connecticut – Groton, 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
  Wakodahatchee Wetlands 
  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
  Shangarai Chasset, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Louisiana - 1845 
  Touro Infirmary 
  Maine – Bangor, Congregation Beth Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship - 1897 
  Maryland – Montgomery County, Sophia Chamys, victim of white slavery 
  Maryland – Hagerstown, Thomas Kennedy, Jew Bill of Maryland 
  Minnesota – Saint Paul, Mt. Zion Temple, first permanent Jewish House of Worship in Minnesota - 1856 
  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 
  Nevada – Virginia City
  Engineering Marvels of the Comstock 
  Virginia City Jewish Cemetery - 1862 
  New Hampshire – Portsmouth, Temple Israel, First Permanent House of Worship - 1910 
  New Jersey – Roosevelt, Jersey Homesteads 
  New Mexico – Las Vegas, Congregation Montefiore, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in New Mexico - 1884 
  New York – Buffalo, Mordechai Noah and Ararat 
  North Dakota – Valley City,#Herman Stern, Holocaust rescuer 
  North Dakota – Ashley Jewish Cemetery, NRHP 
  North Dakota – Bonanazaville, North Dakota Jewry 
  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
  Jews of Deadwood 
  Mount Rushmore National Monument 
  Mount Rushmore National Monument, "Father of Mt. Rushmore" 
  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, Clarion
  Jewish Agricultural Settlement - 1911 
  Utah – Salt Lake City
  Congregation B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah - 1883 
  Utah – Wild Horse Butte
  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
caption: Borough of Roosevelt, Roosevelt, N.J.
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