Among Danish Jews Benny Ruben Benny Ruben was one of the originators of the Machsike Hadas. Here he is reading an excerpt from the Torah. This was the last photograph taken before his death MACHSIKE HADAS": THE ORTHODOX CONGREGATION The "Machsike Hadas" was founded in 1912, and today consists of approximately 80-100 strictly observant Jews, living in Copenhagen. The congregation has it's own small synagogue and the majority of the Machsike Hadas reside in a small area of Copenhagen. There are very few of the original Danish orthodox Jews left today. Some of these families have been known to send their children abroad to receive their higher education, as parents felt their children should not be integrated into the Danish school system

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