Jewish dallas

In 1872, the "Hebrew Benevolent Association" was formed, a charity relief organization that also sponsored the city's first High Holiday services.

The small but growing Jewish community wanted a permanent religious structure as well as a rabbi to conduct services and to offer religious education for children. They established the city's first Jewish cemetery in 1854. German Jews arrived in Dallas as part of the mid-nineteenth century immigration to Texas from the German principalities following their revolutions. Dallas is the second-largest city in Texas and has one of the largest Jewish communities in the state.