Nebraska Exhibition Hall
Nebraska was designated as a “Territory” in 1854 with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
William Krause was probably the first Jewish settler in the territory, arriving with one of the earliest groups of pioneers who settled in Raccoon Forks, which was later renamed Des Moines.
- Nebraska Territorial Centennial Stamp
Temple Israel: Nebraska’s First Synagogue – The Early Years
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun: The South Street Temple of Lincoln, Nebraska
Meyer Hellman & Aaron Cahn: First Permanent Jewish Residents of Omaha
Leopold May: First Jewish Pioneer of Omaha, Nebraska
The Pioneer Meyer Brothers of Omaha, Nebraska
Edward & Andrew Rosewater: Jewish Pioneers of Omaha, Nebraska
Noteworthy Jewish Pioneers of Omaha, Nebraska
Moses D. Pass: Pioneer Jewish Physician and Drugstore Owner of Nebraska
