Mt. Zion Hebrew Association constitution, St. Paul, Minnesota. This constition let Mt. Zion become the first Jewish congregation in the Upper Midwest allowing them to have a synagogue, parsonage, school house, and burial place.
Created:
1857
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi Wechsler (pronounced Wexler) lead the congregation's sponsoring a Jewish farming settlement in the Dakota Territories. The settlement attempted to help Russian Jewish immigrants find livelihoods working the land in the American West. Though the farm colony ultimately failed, he was considered an innovator and modernizer. Late in his career...
Created:
1870?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
