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187: 19: 693: 38:. The community has gone through periods of growth, especially in the last quarter of the 20th century. Today, the well-established community includes schools, temples, elder care facilities, kosher food services, ritual baths, social clubs, community religious learning centers and other organizations and has a population of approximately 25,500, as of the most recent 2013 study. It is the 43rd largest Jewish community in the 970: 680: 111:
The community is home to many types of Jewish Institutions including schools, temples, and organizations. JewishColumbus is a leading organization and is a result of the merger of the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Columbus Jewish Foundation Synagogues in the region include:
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in 1991. About 1,400 of these immigrants came to Columbus during this period. Today the population of 25,500 contributes to numerous local Jewish organizations. The modern Jewish community is based mostly in
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The Jewish community in Columbus began with the settlement of the Nusbaums and the Gundersheimers in 1840, six years after the city's 1834 establishment. Like
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has made up a small but noteworthy part of the region since the arrival of Jews in
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Robert W. Schiff, founder and chairman of Shoe Corporation of American (SCOA)
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Schottenstein Chabad House at OSU - Orthodox, Ohio State University
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Chabad of Downtown Columbus - Orthodox, Downtown Columbus
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Jewish
Greater Columbus
1840
United States
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Cleveland's first Jews
Bavaria
World War II
Bexley
Berwick
Eastmoor
Soviet Jews
fall of the Soviet Union
New Albany
Gahanna
Bexley
Bexley
Worthington
New Albany
Ohio State University
Columbus Torah Academy

Amy Acton
Ohio Department of Health
Nate Ebner
New England Patriots
Michael Feinstein

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