The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) is an American non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer historical society. The society locates sites of American and Jewish historical interest and importance. It works with local community organizations, synagogues, churches, historical societies, governments and individuals, to erect interpretive historical markers that help illuminate the American-Jewish experience and reflect on the commonality of being American.

JASHP was founded in 1999 after the discovery by the founder, Jerry Klinger, of the first permanent Jewish house of worship in the State of New Mexico (Temple Montefiore, Las Vegas, N.M.). JASHP has completed projects in 44 states and in 9 countries. Projects are constantly being developed, and proposals are welcomed. Over 7,000,000 people a year benefit from JASHP projects. The society is a small organization. Each program is individualized, with organizational participation from as few as two or three people to as many as 300. Considering JASHP's size, its impact has been disproportionately large.

JASHP is the recipient of Hadassah's Myrtle Wreath Award, which is "given to individuals and non-profit organizations which have made significant humanitarian contributions to our community."

Programs

JASHP - A partial list of completed programs and projects:

Alabama – Mobile, Shaare Shomayim - Gates of Heaven, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Alabama - 1841 Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail Marker System- 13 markers.

Tuskegee Civil Rights and Historic Trail Marker System

Arkansas – Little Rock Concordia Hall Broncho Billy Anderson, The First Cowboy Western Movie Star California Sutro Heights Colorado – Cotopaxi, Russian Jewish Cemetery - 1882–1884 Congressional Medal of Honor Private Benjamin Levy, First Jewish American to earn the MOH -1862 Connecticut – Groton, Jews and the American Navy Delaware – Wilmington, Ohabe Shalom, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Delaware - 1880 Florida, Pensacola, Temple Beth El, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Florida, 1876 Florida, Palm Beach Wakodahatchee Wetlands Green Cay Wetlands Iowa – Keokuk, B'Nai Israel Congregation, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Iowa - 1855 Kansas – Kansas City, Jewish American and World War I Kansas – Leavenworth, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Kansas - 1866 Louisiana – New Orleans Shangarai Chasset, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Louisiana - 1845 Touro Infirmary

Maine – Bangor, Congregation Beth Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship - 1897

Maryland – Montgomery County, Sophia Chamys, victim of white slavery Maryland – Hagerstown, Thomas Kennedy, Jew Bill of Maryland Minnesota – Saint Paul, Mt. Zion Temple, first permanent Jewish House of Worship in Minnesota - 1856 Mississippi – Jackson, Temple Beth Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Mississippi - 1867 Mississippi – Natchez, Temple B'Nai Israel, first organized Jewish house of worship in Mississippi Montana – Helena, Temple Emanuel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Montana - 1890

Nebraska – Omaha, Congregation of Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Nebraska - 1884 Nevada – Virginia City Engineering Marvels of the Comstock Virginia City Jewish Cemetery - 1862 New Hampshire – Portsmouth, Temple Israel, First Permanent House of Worship - 1910

New Jersey – Roosevelt, Jersey Homesteads New Mexico – Las Vegas, Congregation Montefiore, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in New Mexico - 1884 New York – Buffalo, Mordechai Noah and Ararat Borscht Belt Historical Marker system - 20 markers

North Dakota – Valley City,#Herman Stern, Holocaust rescuer North Dakota – Ashley Jewish Cemetery, NRHP North Dakota – Bonanazaville, North Dakota Jewry Oklahoma – Oklahoma City, Temple B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Oklahoma - 1908 Pennsylvania – Lancaster, Joseph Simon, Jewish American frontiersman South Dakota Jews of Deadwood

Mount Rushmore National Monument Mount Rushmore National Monument, "Father of Mt. Rushmore" Congregation Sons of Israel, Sioux Falls, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota - 1916 Tennessee – 1. Memphis, Congregation Children of Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee - 1854. 2. Knoxville, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jewish POWs, WWII - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=160252

Utah, Clarion Jewish Agricultural Settlement - 1911 Utah – Salt Lake City Congregation B'Nai Israel, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah - 1883 Utah – Wild Horse Butte Solomon Carvalho - John C. Fremont Expedition of exploration 1853–54 Virginia – Richmond, Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome, First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Virginia - 1789 Washington – Spokane, Temple Emanuel, First Permanent Jewish House of worship in Washington State - 1892 West Virginia – Charleston, Temple Israel, first permanent Jewish house of worship in West Virginia - 1873 Wyoming – Cheyenne, Mt. Sinai Congregation, first permanent Jewish house of worship in Wyoming - 1915 British International Projects Special programs Leo Frank, Marietta, Georgia Leo Frank Lynching Stephen Norman, Jerusalem, Israel The last descendant of Theodor Herzl - the father of the modern State of Israel Four Chaplains, Memorial - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Daffodils and American Holocaust Memorials

Paramaribo, Suriname Holocaust and Memory

International projects

John Henry Patterson, Avihayil, Israel Godfather of the Israel Defense Forces Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany The "Kleine Lager" Memorial

American Liberators marker - In Memory of the Soldiers of the XX Corps of the U.S. 3rd Army. Adam Worth, London, England The Napoleon of Crime Rev. William Hechler - First Christian Zionist, London, England Joan Winters, Jerusalem, Israel Paramaribo, Suriname, Holocaust and Memory

SS Exodus, Haifa, Israel Exodus - 1947, the iconic American Holocaust rescue ship Bill Bernstein - American second officer on the Exodus murdered during the British attack

Charitable sponsorships Hero Miles - Fisher House Foundation

JASHP articles on American Jewish history Kahal HaKadosh Beit Elohim, Charleston, S.C. American Holocaust Memorializations Reverend John Stanley Grauel - Secret Haganah operative on the S.S. Exodus American Jewish History, Zionism and Israel

See also The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

References

External links https://www.tuskegee.edu/news/new-historic-trail-honoring-tuskegee-area-civil-rights-trailblazers-to-be-dedicated-sept-20 http://www.thechronicle-news.com/arts_and_entertainment/temple-aaron-stands-will-continue-to-stand-as-a-monument/article_02b49cd0-99d9-11e9-b4d4-8b9f635ca634.html https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/my-tribute-to-klinger/ http://forward.com/culture/345517/heres-how-one-man-has-preserved-the-milestones-of-jewish-history/ The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation American Jewish Yearbook - 2014 Georgia Historical Society - Leo Frank marker https://www.jpost.com/International/Christian-leader-pivotal-to-Herzls-work-recognized http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8648 http://njjewishnews.com/article/31668/new-roosevelt-marker-celebrates-jewish-roots http://www.startribune.com/celebrating-160-years-of-jewish-life-in-minnesota/421571443/ Israel, Jewish leaders pay respects to first Christian Zionist - israel today | Israel News Jewish Post and News Jerusalem Plans a Hero’s Burial for Long-Deceased Grandson of Herzl – Forward.com Frank marker removed for roadwork historical marker dedicated at Wild Horse Butte https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jerusalem-monument-to-be-dedicated-to-Machal-517548 http://www.thechronicle-news.com/local/temple-aaron-unveils-new-historical-marker-celebrates--years/article_0f61cb2e-979a-11e9-920e-43db107811cd.html