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The first Jews who migrated to northwest Florida originally stopped at [[Milton, Florida|Milton]], twenty miles to the east, because Milton was a national hub for lumber production and distribution in the South (the first Jews to the area were skilled in lumber production; they came from heavily wooded areas in what is now southern Germany). Other Jewish families lived in Pensacola, but fled during Union occupation in the [[Civil War]]. The population began to return in [[1865]], and in late [[1876]] ten Jewish families joined together to establish a [[Wikipedia:Reform Judaism|Reform]] congregation and build a temple, located at 37 East [[Chase Street]] (near [[Jefferson Street|Jefferson]]). [[Gerson Forscheimer]] was the Temple's first president, and board members included [[S. M. Goldbach]], [[Lewis Kahn]], [[Michael Levy]], [[Adolph GoldstruckerGoldstucker]], [[Morris Dannheiser]] and [[Jacob Kahn]]. The congregation had no rabbi, so Goldstrucker Goldstucker conducted services.