They practiced the traditional Minhag Ashkenaz and worshiped in a room above a clothing store. On October 3, 1846, in the dry-goods emporium of Rosenfeld and Rosenberg, 15 Jews founded the first Jewish congregation in the city, Kehillath Anshe Ma'arav ("the Congregation of the People of the West"), subsequently referred to as KAM. As in other cities in the Colonies and the States, the first community organization was the Jewish Burial Ground Society, which came into being late in 1845 and purchased an acre of land from the city to be used as a cemetery. The first High Holy Day service was held on the Day of Atonement, 1845. In 1837 Chicago, with 5,000 inhabitants, was incorporated as a city between 18 about 20 Jews settled in the city, most of them immigrants from Bavaria and the Rhenish Palatinate in Germany. Gottlieb, made his mark on the growing western town. In 1834 Aaron Friend and Isaac Hays advertised in the Chicago Democrat concerning unclaimed mail, and Peter Cohen advertised "a large and splendid assortment of winter clothing" as well as a "fresh supply of provisions, groceries, and liquors" for sale in his store. In 1832, a year before the little settlement was officially incorporated as a "town," Morris Baumgarten resided there. Jews were among Chicago's earliest settlers. The numerical decline is a result of migration primarily to the West Coast, especially Los Angeles, and to the Southwest, as well as a relatively low birth rate, intermarriage, and a decline in immigrants from overseas. In 1930, Chicago had the second largest American Jewish community - estimated at 350,000 Jews - and in 1959 it was the third largest, with 282,000 Jews. In 2000, it had an estimated metropolitan population of 8,091,719, with its Jewish population estimated at 270,000 - the fifth largest Jewish community in America. Virtual Jewish World: Table of Contents| United States| IllinoisĬhicago, the third largest metropolis in the United States is located in northeastern Illinois.
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