Of Sarah Silverman, Susanna Heschel and 8 Other Things About Jewish New Hampshire
Granite State Girl: Comedian Sarah Silverman was born in New Hampshire. Image by Getty Images
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10,120 Jews live in New Hampshire.
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In the late 19th century, Abraham and Rachel Isaac founded what was reported New Hampshire’s first Jewish business, which was called “The Cheap Shop.”
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New Hampshire’s oldest synagogue is Temple Adath Yeshurun of Manchester, founded in 1891.
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Poet Maxine Kumin lived on a farm in the town of Warner.
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Comedians Seth Meyers and Sarah Silverman were born in New Hampshire.
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Actor-comedian Adam Sandler attended high school in Nashua.
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National Jewish Book Award-winning author Susanna Heschel is the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth in Hanover.
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Jewish-born novelist Jodi Picoult makes her home in Hanover.
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Entrepreneur Dean Kamen, who made the Segway, lives in Bedford.
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In 1983, Samuel Kaymen and Hary Hirshberg founded the Stonyfield Farm yogurt company on a farm in Londonderry.
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