File:Portrait of Rabbi Judah Wechsler of Mt. Zion Temple (4418751857).jpg

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English: 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, after leaving Minnesota, he worked to improve educational opportunities in Mississippi for blacks. He served at tm Zion from 1878-1886.

Date: 1870?
Source: 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm
Format: Black and white reprint
Subject: Religion; Portraits; Rabbis; Mt. Zion Congregation
Coverage: St. Paul; Ramsey; Minnesota; United States
Local Identifier: P457
Link to our record: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,352

From the Steinfeldt Photography Collection of the http://www.jhsum.org.
Date circa 1870
date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/jhsum-commons/4418751857/
Author Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
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  • Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
  • Minnesota Digital Library
  • Religion
  • Portraits
  • Rabbis
  • Mt. Zion Congregation
  • St. Paul
  • Ramsey
  • Minnesota
  • United States

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