Adas Israel has been the focal point of the Jewish experience on Eastern Long Island. Not only has it served the spiritual and cultural peeds of its congregants. but the temple has tortified the cultural diversity of our entire East End community. The history of Temple Adas Israel in many ways illustrates the Jewish immigrant experience In the United States at the turn of the century. Like the vast majority of their compatriots. Sag Harbors early immigrants established a toehold in the community. formed mutualaid benefit societies. and founded cemeteries. As their numbers grew. they built a synagogue. They also struggled to redefine Jewish family life in a new world. The first Jewish immigrants moved to Sag Harbor from New York City in the early 1880s when the Fahy watch factory moved to the former whaling port. bringing hundreds of good factory jobs. Jewish immigrants from Russia. Hungary. Poland. and Germany. drawn to America by this countrys promise of religious and political freedom. flocked to Sag Harbor. attracted by the Fahy watch factorys promise of economic opportunity.
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