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=== New York ===
=== New York ===
New York City's Jewish population in 2001 was near 2 million. New York City is the largest single Jewish community in the world (considering, single as "within municipal limits"). First Jewish presence in New York was formed with Jewish (of Dutch ancestry) relocated from Brazil; arround 1900 the Lower East Side was home to a flourishing Jewish community of Germans, Russians and Greeks. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a landmark built in 1863, tells some stories of immigrants.
New York City's Jewish population in 2001 was near 2 million. New York City is the largest single Jewish community in the world (considering, single as "within municipal limits"). First Jewish presence in New York was formed with Jewish (of Dutch ancestry) relocated from Brazil; arround 1900 the Lower East Side was home to a flourishing Jewish community of Germans, Russians and Greeks. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a landmark built in 1863, tells some stories of immigrants.
[[File:Rabbi Rabinowich.JPG|thumb|140px|Rabbi Rabinowich, Bellmore Jewish Center, New York.]]
''The Jewish Week'', one of the most respected Jewish newspaper in America, is published in New York. It covers news and features about Jewish world for [[Manhattan]], Long Island, Queens, Westchester/The Bronx and [[Brooklyn]]/Staten Island. Other important newspapers are ''The Jewish Post'' and ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. The ''Jewish Museum'' is located in the 5th Ave. There is also a ''Jewish Radio''.
''The Jewish Week'', one of the most respected Jewish newspaper in America, is published in New York. It covers news and features about Jewish world for [[Manhattan]], Long Island, Queens, Westchester/The Bronx and [[Brooklyn]]/Staten Island. Other important newspapers are ''The Jewish Post'' and ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. The ''Jewish Museum'' is located in the 5th Ave. There is also a ''Jewish Radio''.
The ''Center for Jewish History'' in New York embodies a partnership of five major institutions of Jewish scholarship, history, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American [[Sephardi]] Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; with combined holdings of approximately 100 million archival documents, a half million books, and thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings, and textiles the Center has an important mission: To foster the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge and to make the historical and cultural record of the Jewish people readily accessible.
The ''Center for Jewish History'' in New York embodies a partnership of five major institutions of Jewish scholarship, history, and art: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American [[Sephardi]] Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; with combined holdings of approximately 100 million archival documents, a half million books, and thousands of photographs, artifacts, paintings, and textiles the Center has an important mission: To foster the creation and dissemination of Jewish knowledge and to make the historical and cultural record of the Jewish people readily accessible.
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===Miami===
===Miami===