Little Jerusalem to Little Mexico

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

1616 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas, TX 75202-1234, United States | Dallas

Southwest Jewish Congress
Publisher/HostSouthwest Jewish Congress
Little Jerusalem to Little Mexico
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Reservations Required, email: [email protected].
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Venue: Oncor Headquarters, 1616 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, (Downtown Dallas, south side of Woodall Rodgers, between Field & Akard)
Program is free and open to the public.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments Served
Reservations Required, email: [email protected].
In the late 19th century, in an area just north of downtown Dallas, Eastern European Jews began to settle. Many worked as tailors and seamstresses for the Sanger Brothers department store. Others established their own shops and businesses. Their presence was so prominent that the area became known as “Little Jerusalem”.
In the early 20th century, a new community began to emerge in Dallas. The mass social displacement caused by the 1910 Mexican Revolution was the impetus that propelled thousands of Mexicans to American cities, including Dallas. “Little Mexico”, or La Colonia, grew up around the KATY railyards north of downtown alongside the earlier Jewish community.
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1616 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas, TX 75202-1234, United States

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