Presidents’ Day

With what Jew did President George Washington correspond in 1790?

AMajor Mordecai Manuel Noah, to whom he wrote that he believes in the "rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation.”

BCharleston, South Carolina physician Dr. Jacob De La Motta, writing that "religious freedom is the most effectual anodyne against religious dissension.”

CMoses Seixas, warden of The Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, saying "May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.”

DNewspaper editor and diplomat Mordecai Manuel Noah, expressing his wish that "your Nation may be admitted to all Privileges of Citizens in every Country of the World.” 

EBanker Haym Salomon, chairman of the United Jewish Appeal in New York, saying "Enclosed is my donation to the Annual Campaign.”

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