BERLIN, (Marquette County, Wisconsin.)
First Service on Kipoor, 5612—1851, at the residence of Mr. Kusel.
BOLIVAR, (Tennessee.)
First Service on Rosh Shanah, 5612—1851, in a private house.
CLARBORNE, (Alabama.)
The Clarborne Jewish Congregation. Organized, 5613—1853. Minister, Revd. Leopold Maas. President, Mr. Sol. Levy.
CLINTON, (Mississippi.)
Organized Congregation.
COLLUMA, (California, on the Yuba River.)
Organized Congregation, 5610—1850.
LAFAYETTE, (Indiana.) K. K. AHABAT AHIM
German Minhag, organized February, 5611-1851. Temporary Synagogue. Burial place, one mile from the City. The congregation numbers 30 members. Minister, Rev. L. Emmrich. President, Mr. M. Hallstein.
LYNCHBURG, (Virginia.)
Public Worship on Rosh Shanah 5613.
MEMPHIS, (Tennessee.)
Hebrew Congregation. Acting Minister, Rev. Jonas Levy. President, Mr. M. Simon. Hebrew Benevolent Society possessing a Beth Haim, founded 5611-1851. President, Mr. B. Emanuel.
MONTEGO BAY, (Jamaica.) K. K. BETH JACOB
Portuguese Minhag, Minister, Rev. A. C. Henriques, President, S. G. Corinaldi
MONTGOMERY, (Alabama.) K. K. MEBAKAB HOLIM
Congregation organized 5607-1847 German Minhag. Temporary Synagogue in Court Street. Minister, Rev. S. Myer, President, Henry Weil. Burial place out of the City limits.
SAN DIEGO, (South portion of California.)
First Jewish Service, Rosh Shanah, 5612—1851.
TALBOTTON, (Georgia.)
Congregational Union. Hebrew Benevolent Society. President, Mr. Morris Selig.
VICKSBURG, (Mississippi.)
Organized Congregation.
WASHINGTON, (District of Columbia.)
The Washington Hebrew Congregation. President, Mr. J. Friedenwald.
In total, 76 cities in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean Islands with at least one Jewish congregation are listed. Clearly, the nation of Israel was indeed dispersed throughout the Western Hemisphere by the middle of the nineteenth century.
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[i] See “Chazzan Jacques Judah Lyons (1813 – 1877),” The Jewish Press, September 3, 2010, pages 16 & 99.
[ii] “Reverend Abraham de Sola (1825 – 1882),” The Jewish Press, December 3, 2010, pages 26 & 92.
[iii] Anno Mundi (Latin: “in the year of the world”) abbreviated as AM or A.M., refers to a calendar era counting from the biblical creation of the world.
[iv] Joseph Jessurun (Jeshurun) Pinto served as the Chazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York from 1758 to 1766. He was born in Amsterdam in 1729.
[v] “How Did Jewish Women Know When To Light Shabbat Candles in the 18th C.” Lion of Zion Blog http://agmk.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-18th-c-jewish-women-knew-when-to.html.