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Resources News from IAJGS More than George Washington's Letter on Religious Freedom For American Jewry
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2011-10-17 Many of us are aware of U.S. first President George Washington's letter on assuring religious freedom to American Jews, " ...America would give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance..." The article in the Forward talks of the early Jewish congregations' letters to President Washington which resulted in his famous reply as well other historical documents of the times. The article also mentions early Jewish settlers of the 1700's and in Georgia (Congregation Mikve Israel in Savannah-third oldest Jewish congregation the US) most being Sephardic had to flee Georgia because of the threat of attack by Spanish soldiers, leaving the Ashkenazi congregants. The article also talks of letters from Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Franklin Roosevelt and Nixon as part of the Savannah Jewish Archives along with other interesting documents--of which some of the originals are lost. Click here. Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee |
