History of the Jews in Maryland

Jews have settled in Maryland since the 17th century. As of 2018, Maryland's population was 3.9% Jewish at 201,600 people. The largest Jewish populations in Maryland are in Montgomery County and the Baltimore metropolitan area, particularly Pikesville and northwest Baltimore.[1] As of 2010, Baltimore and Baltimore County was home to a Jewish community of around 100,000 people.[2] The Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. (Montgomery County and Prince George's County) have a Jewish population of around 116,700 as of 2017, with the majority residing in lower Montgomery County.[3] Rockville/Potomac area is the center of Montgomery County's Jewish population, while sizable communities also exist in the Bethesda/Chevy Chase area and in Silver Spring's Kemp Mill neighborhood.[4][5][6] Smaller Jewish communities also exist in Gaithersburg, Germantown, White Oak, Olney, and Takoma Park.[7][8] Columbia, Frederick, and Annapolis are also home to smaller but significant Jewish populations.[9][10][11]

History

Jacob Lumbrozo is the first known Jewish resident of Maryland, having settled in the Province of Maryland in 1656.[12]

Between the 1830s and the 1870s, 10,000 German and Central European Jews settled in Maryland. Eastern European Jews began to settle in Maryland in the 1850s, with a mass emigration of Eastern European Jews occurring between the 1880s and the 1920s.[13]

In 1899, 35,000 lived in the state of Maryland.[1]

In 1904, Isidor Rayner was elected the first Jewish US Senator from Maryland, one of the first Jewish US Senators in American history.[14]

In 1969, Marvin Mandel became the first Jewish Governor of Maryland.[15]

See also

References
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  2. "2010 Baltimore Jewish Community Study". Berman Jewish DataBank. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  3. "2017 GREATER WASHINGTON JEWISH COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY" (PDF). Brandeis University. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. {cite web|url=https://www.jconnect.org/resources/new-to-the-area/maryland/rockville-potomac/ |title=Rockville, Potomac |publisher=The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington |accessdate=2021-01-27}}
  5. "Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington". The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  6. "Where We Live: Kemp Mill". Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  7. "Olney". The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  8. "Gaithersburg, Germantown". The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  9. "Columbia's Jewish Community Marks a Half-Century". JMORE Baltimore Jewish Living. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  10. "Finding Frederick". Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  11. "Not the first time Jews made waves at Annapolis". Jewish Standard. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  12. "Jacob Lumbrozo". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  13. "Virtual Jewish World: Maryland, United States". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  14. "Capturing the Ethnic Vote". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  15. "National: Mandel remembered as architect of modern Maryland". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
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