The Synagogue in America
Synagogues
Brauchtum
Jews, united states
Judaism, history
Jews, history
Juden
Judentum
United states, history
Judaism
Jews
Social life and customs
History
In 1789, when George Washington was elected the first president of the United States, laymen from all six Jewish congregations in the new nation sent him congratulatory letters. He replied to all six. Thus, after more than a century of Jewish life in colonial America the small communities of Jews pr…
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