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NYC poised to officially recognize Landing Day, when the first Jewish community arrived in 1654

Julia Gergely in JTA · 12 Sep

New York City is on the verge of officially recognizing "Landing Day," a significant moment in Jewish American history marking the arrival of the first organized Jewish community in New Amsterdam in 1654.

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Washington’s Saving Shield

Stuart Halpern in Jewish Review of Books · 15 Feb

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.

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Meir Soloveichik on Ten Portraits of Jewish Statesmanship

Tikvah · 13 Jul 2023

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.

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Meir Soloveichik on Ten Portraits of Jewish Statesmanship

Tikvah · 13 Jul 2023

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.

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Rethinking Judaism in Early America

Yisroel Ben-Porat in Lehrhaus · 14 Oct 2021

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.

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Morocco’s Unlikely Keepers of Jewish Culture

Zachary Schrieber in Tablet · 28 Oct 2014

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.