LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – In 1884, Las Vegas, New Mexico became home to the first Jewish synagogue in the state. At the time, funds for the building were sourced by donations from the community, over half of which came from nonmembers. Now in 2022, funds are again being raised for the building which once housed Congregation Montefiore but this time, it’s to buy it back. In 1880, Las Vegas had one of the largest Jewish populations in the southwest, a large part made up of merchants traveling west on the Santa Fe Trail, and they established their businesses throughout...