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Anshe Chesed Congregation
2414 Grove St., Vicksburg,
MS,
USA
Telephone:
(601) 636-1126
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 20' 49.7292",
-90° 51' 20.5596"
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Mississippi State
Historical Marker |
Meaning men of kindness, the Anshe Chesed Congregation was organized in 1841 and formally chartered by the State of Mississippi in 1862. It was a founding member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1874. Anshe Chesed is the second oldest Reform Jewish congregation in Mississippi.
Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Anshe Chesed Congregation: | Historians suggest that the first Jewish people settled in the area of Walnut Hills in 1821. By the time Vicksburg was incorporated in 1825, the Jewish population numbered around twenty families. These early settlers, and those whofollowed, came mainly from the Germanic lands of central and western Europe (Alsace-Lorraine, Baden and Bavaria), fleeing political and religious persecution and seeking new economic opportunities. Mostly peddlers by trade, Jewish merchants established themselves in Vicksburg, an area reminiscent of their homes along the Rhine, and contributed greatly to the area's importance as a leading trading and commercial center on the Mississippi River.
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Anshe Chesed Congregation Historical Marker Location Map, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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