A new book explores the Jewish history of Northern Virginia in photos
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“We were very surprised what a rich and vibrant life was here, compared to what we had heard before we got here,” Shawn said. “For the next 30 years, it kept getting more and more so, bigger and more vibrant.”When the pandemic hit, both the Dilleses had retired — Shawn as a federal analyst, Susan from the pharmaceutical industry. Finally, they had time to research the book, reaching out to local historical societies, synagogues and Jewish organizations.
Virginia’s first Jewish congregation was founded in Richmond in 1789. As with so much of our country’s history, it was strife that brought waves of Jewish immigrants to the United States. In 1848, a series of revolutions gripped central Europe. For Jews, Shawn said, this “tipped the balance from life being difficult to life being perilous. A lot of folks came here.”A second wave began in the 1880s, after Jews were driven from their homes in pogroms that spread across the Russian empire.
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