Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

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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.

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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 40 states and in 6 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.

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:

Leo Frank marker, Marietta, Georgia Leo Frank marker project.jpg
Leo Frank marker, Marietta, Georgia
  1. Concordia Hall [4]
  2. Broncho Billy Anderson, The First Cowboy Western Movie Star [5]
  1. First Jewish American to earn the MOH -1862 [7]
  1. Wakodahatchee Wetlands [11]
  2. Green Cay Wetlands [12]
  1. Shangarai Chasset, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Louisiana - 1845 [16]
  2. Touro Infirmary [17]
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Touro Infirmary Marker
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Congregation Beth Israel, Little Rock
Congregation of Israel, Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska marker.jpg
Congregation of Israel, Omaha, Nebraska
  1. Engineering Marvels of the Comstock [26]
  2. Virginia City Jewish Cemetery - 1862 [27]
Borough of Roosevelt, Roosevelt, N.J. Jersey Homesteads (Roosevelt), N.J. marker.jpg
Borough of Roosevelt, Roosevelt, N.J.
Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne, Wy. Marker Project.jpg
Cheyenne, Wyoming
  1. Jews of Deadwood [37]
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Hebrew Hill, Mt. Zion, Deadwood, S.D.
  1. Mount Rushmore National Monument [38]
  2. Mount Rushmore National Monument, "Father of Mt. Rushmore" [39] [40]
  3. Congregation Sons of Israel, Sioux Falls, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota - 1916 [41]
Kiosk, Clarion, Utah Clarion, Kiosk - Gunnison, Utah.jpg
Kiosk, Clarion, Utah
  1. Jewish Agricultural Settlement - 1911 [43]
  1. Congregation B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah - 1883 [44]
  1. Solomon Carvalho - John C. Fremont Expedition of exploration 1853–54 [45]

Special programs

  1. Leo Frank Lynching [50]
  1. The last descendant of Theodor Herzl - the father of the modern State of Israel [51]
  1. U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland [52]
  1. [53]
  1. Holocaust and Memory [54]

International projects

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Col. John Henry Patterson, Avihayil, Israel
  1. Godfather of the Israel Defense Forces [55] [56] [57]
  1. The "Kleine Lager" Memorial [58]
Site of the Jewish camp in Buchenwald Buchenwald Little Camp Memorial.jpg
Site of the Jewish camp in Buchenwald
  1. The Napoleon of Crime [59]
Exodus Memorial, Haifa, Israel Exodus Memorial Haifa.jpg
Exodus Memorial, Haifa, Israel
  1. Exodus - 1947, the iconic American Holocaust rescue ship [63]
  2. Bill Bernstein - American second officer on the Exodus murdered during the British attack [64]

Charitable sponsorships

JASHP articles on American Jewish history

See also

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