Shabbat Vayigash (ויגש = and he drew near) Genesis 44.18 – 47.27
כז וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן
27 So Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the province of Goshen.
Around 1831, a Jewish community settled in Goshen, Indiana. At the beginning of his installation, the services are done in houses, in particular at Louis Simon Clothiers. His home currently houses the Mexican bakery Gutierrez (Source: Elkhart County Historical Museum). In 1876, the Jewish community of Goshen bought an old Baptist church, transformed it into a synagogue and named it Sharis Israel. In 1927, the Jewish population numbered only fifty members and in 1932, the synagogue was abandoned because the Jews had deserted Goshen.