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First Jewish Governor Sworn In
1801
When Governor of Georgia James Jackson resigned his post to serve as a US senator, the president of the Georgia Senate, David Emanuel, was sworn in as governor. March 3, 1801, was the first time that a Jewish person served as governor of a US state. ...
Jewish Calendar » Adar » Adar 18 » Jewish History » First Jewish Governor Sworn In
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America: The Final Frontier
By Naftali Silberberg
The challenge presented by the Soviet gulags and the KGB pale in comparison to the challenge we face in today's Western society.
Spirituality » Essays » America: The Final Frontier
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Washington Responds to Newport Jews
1790
The sexton of the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote a heart warming letter to George Washington, on behalf of the Jewish community welcoming the President on his visit to Newport. In his letter, he expressed a vision of an American ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 8 » Jewish History » Washington Responds to Newport Jews
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Lubavitcher Rebbe Arrives in US
1941
After escaping Nazi-occupied Paris, and many perilous months in Vichy France, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushkah, boarded the SS Sorpo Pinto in Lisbon, Portugal. On Monday, June 23--Sivan 28 on ...
Jewish Calendar » Sivan » Sivan 28 » Jewish History » Lubavitcher Rebbe Arrives in US
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Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe arrives in America
1940
After a 12-day sea voyage, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), disembarked at the New York harbor on the 9th of Adar II of 1940, following his miraculous rescue from Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Link: Vintage film clip ...
Jewish Calendar » Adar » Adar 9 » Jewish History » Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe arrives in America
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Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe visits US
1929
On the 12th of Elul (September 16) of 1929, two years after escaping a death sentence imposed upon him by the Russian Communist regime and his subsequent departure from that country, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, arrived ...
Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 12 » Jewish History » Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe visits US
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Stars, Stripes and Lights
19 Kislev, 5745 • December 13, 1984
Imprisoned in Czarist Russia, the Alter Rebbe’s case was at the mercy of the most anti-Semitic officials of the most powerful country in the world. Miraculously, his acquittal was ordered by the Czar himself, and he was freed on Yud-Tes Kislev.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Vayeishev » Stars, Stripes and Lights
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America’s Mandate: Energy Independence – Part 2
11 Nissan, 5741 • April 15, 1981
There is a solution to America’s energy crisis: Solar Energy. Solar technology requires far less time to develop than other energy sources. What can a small group of Jews accomplish by discussing this issue amongst themselves? Maimonides rules that even ...
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Vayeira » America’s Mandate: Energy Independence – Part 2
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America’s Mandate: Energy Independence – Part 1
11 Nissan, 5741 • April 15, 1981
“Evil will come from the north.” The Soviet Union is a clear manifestation of this prophecy. At the same time, G-d bestowed the United States with the mission and the moral and material might to counter this evil. To succeed, however, America must be ...
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Lech-Lecha » America’s Mandate: Energy Independence – Part 1
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A Nation Under G-d – Farbrengen
10 Shevat, 5735 • January 22, 1975
One of the Patriarch Avraham’s great first deeds was not only the promotion of monotheism, but the credo that G-d is “Master of the World.” G-d is the Master of the World in the occupational sense; this is what he does constantly. He fills the entire ...
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Vayeira » A Nation Under G-d – Farbrengen
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