In a prayer composed 240 years ago by Hendla Jochanan van Oettingen of New York’s Congregation Shearith Israel, he prayed for George Washington shortly after the Revolutionary War.

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik has published a new book, "Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship," which aims to do for the Jews what Plutarch did for the ancient Greeks and Romans with his parallel lives.

In his book "Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship," Rabbi Meir Soloveichik draws inspiration from the ancient Greek and Roman tradition of paired biographies by Plutarch to explore Jewish leadership throughout history.

In the book "Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World" by Brian Ogren, the author argues that Jewish mysticism, specifically Kabbalah, had a significant impact on early American Protestant theology.

Mimouna, a group of Moroccan Muslims dedicated to preserving Jewish Moroccan culture, held an event at Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan to educate about the history of Muslim-Jewish unity in Morocco.