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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Vayak'hel 5782

Выпуск: Timely Stories - Y.Tilles — Vayak'hel 5782. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Jeff Jacoby, a columnist for the Boston Globe, in the December 6, 2012 email of JewishWorldReview.com--as posted in the same month in “Shabbat Stories for the Parsha.” Connection: Presidents Day, a USA national holiday, falls this year [2022] on Feb. Religious liberty is enshrined in the Constitution, and early in his presidency George Washington went out of his way to assure the young nation's Jews that "the Government of the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." During the long centuries of Jewish exile, powerful officials had often promulgated sweeping edicts depriving Jews of their rights or driving them from their homes. 11, the most infamous anti-Semitic injunction in American history: "The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled from this department within 24 hours from the receipt of this order. In response to anti-Jewish pogroms in Romania, he took the unprecedented step of sending a Jewish consul-general to Bucharest to "work for the benefit of the people who are laboring under severe oppression." All in all, the eight years of Grant's presidency proved to be a "golden age" in US Jewish history. He apologized for the order publicly and repented of it privately." Not surprisingly, Grant's order got a good deal of attention in the 1868 presidential campaign the first time a "Jewish issue" played a role in presidential politics. as "Ruler among the nations." He named more Jews to government office than any of his predecessors including to positions, such as governor of the Washington Territory, previously considered too lofty for a Jewish nominee. Sullivan, the Union commander of Jackson, Tenn., commented tartly that "he thought he was an officer of the Army and not of a church." What stopped the expulsion order cold, however, was the commander-in-chief. "It would never have been issued if it had not been telegraphed the moment it was penned, and without reflection." But it was as president that the full extent of Grant's regret became clear. the "TillesTells Saturday Night Stories” WhatsApp group Presidents Day and the Jews In the American experience, federal anti-Semitic

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Timely Stories - Y.Tilles

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