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dĞŵƉůĞ  ŵĂŶƵͲ ů͕ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ ϭϴϵϬ͘  ŽƵƌƚĞƐLJ ŽĨ  ůůĞŶ  ĂƵŵůĞƌ͕
       ŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĂŶ͕ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ ,ŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ͕,ĞůĞŶĂ
       ŽĂƌĚ ŽĨ dƌĂĚĞ͘

























                                                                            DĞŶŽƌĂŚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐLJ ŽĨ
      dĞŵƉůĞ  ŵĂŶƵͲ ů ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ϮϬϮϮ͘ WŚŽƚŽ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐLJ ŽĨ  'ĂƌĚŝŶĞƌ͕           ,ĞůĞŶĂ sĂůůĞLJ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ZŝƚĞ͕ ϮϬϮϮ͘
       ĂŶŝĞů :͕͘ '͘^͕͘ 'ƌĂŶĚ >ŽĚŐĞ ŽĨ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ͘
        “The immigrants’ desire for an organized                  ‡‡–‹‰ǡ ƒ …‘‹––‡‡ ™ƒ• ƒ’’‘‹–‡† –‘ Ƥ† ƒ Ž‘–
      community to unite them in their diverse origins            for the temple and to solicit contributions “from
      led to the formation of the Hebrew Benevolent               everybody irrespective of religion; and in June 1890,
       ••‘…‹ƒ–‹‘ ‘  ‡…‡„‡” ͛ǡ ͙͡͞͞Ǥ  Š‡ ƒ••‘…‹ƒ–‹‘ǡ           the congregation bought a lot on the corner of Tenth
      numbing sixty-four members by  1867, designated as          and Ewing Avenues from Moses Morris for $4,000.
      its purposes: “To relieve the distressed and support         ‘˜‡”‘”  ‘•‡’Š    ‘‘Ž‡ Žƒ‹† –Š‡ …‘”‡”•–‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡
      –Š‡ ƒƫ‹…–‡†ǡ ƒ––‡† –‘ –Š‡ •‹… ƒ† „—”› –Š‡ †‡ƒ†ǤǤǤdz       temple building on October 2, 1890. The presence
      as well as aiding the poor. Both Moses Morris and           of a synagogue in Helena was a source of pride for
       ‘Ž  –ƒ” ™‡”‡ –™‘ –Š‡ Ƥ”•–  ”‡•‹†‡–• ‘ˆ –Š‡  ‡„”‡™         the majority of citizens. Newspaper accounts of the
      Benevolent Association.                                     dedication ceremony recount that the temple was
        The strength and wealth of the Helena Jewish              –Š‡ Ƥ”•– ‹ –Š‡  ƒ…‹Ƥ…  ‘”–Š™‡•– ƒ† –Š‡ ‘Ž› ‘‡
      community of this time is best demonstrated by              between St. Paul and Portland. Also, the Temple
      –Š‡‹”  ‡ơ‘”–•  –‘  „—‹Ž†  ƒ  •›ƒ‰‘‰—‡  ‹   ‡Ž‡ƒǤ        Emanu-El was a curiosity to many Helenans.
      July 28, 1889, “a meeting of the Hebrews called              Helena in the 1800s contained a myriad of
      by Mr. Herman Tonn for the purpose of organizing            religious, service, fraternal, and social associations,
      a congregation met at the A.O.U.W hall.” Morris             and nearly every  society (except for the religious
       ‹Ž˜‡”ƒ  ƒ†   †‘Ž’Š   ‹”‡Ƥ‡Ž†  ™‡”‡  •‡Ž‡…–‡†  –‘      ones, of course) had at least one Jewish member.
      serve as president and vice president, respectively,        Nearly every Jewish male in Helena belonged to
      until a constitution could be adopted. At the second        –Š‡  ƒ•‘‹…  ‡’Ž‡ǡ ƒ† ƒ› ™‡”‡ ƒƥŽ‹ƒ–‡† ™‹–Š
      meeting, a motion was made and carried to call               ‹‰  ‘Ž‘‘ǯ•  ‘†‰‡  ‘Ǥ ͡ǡ ƒŽ–Š‘—‰Š ‹– ™ƒ• ‘–
      themselves the Congregation Emanu-El. At a later            ‡š…Ž—•‹˜‡Ž›  ‡™‹•ŠǤdzΑ

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