National Register and National Historic Landmarks Celebrate Jewish Heritage Month

B’nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery illustrate the history of Jewish immigration and community in North Dakota. The cemetery was established by the Jewish community of Grand Forks in 1888. The synagogue was designed in the Art Deco style in 1937 and is the second house of worship construc

Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 for Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun, an Orthodox Jewish congregation made up primarily of immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. The synagogue illustrates the history of Orthodox Jewish immigration and community in New York City’s Lower East Side fro

The Jacksonville Jewish Center embodies the growth and development of the local Jewish community of Jacksonville, Florida from the 1950s onward. It is located in the historic Springfield neighborhood and consists of a community center and educational annex. The center, listed in the National Registe

Pond Farm Pottery, located outside of Guerneville, California, is designated a National Historic Landmark for Marguerite Wildenhain’s role in the American Studio Pottery Movement. As a master potter and Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany during WWII, Marguerite introduced Bauhaus techniques and ph