Jews of Savannah
"Jews of Savannah
B. H. Levy and Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer
Congregation Mickve Israel was founded by 42 Jews who arrived in Savannah, in the new colony of Georgia, on July 11, 1733. Having left London, England, five months earlier, the brave band of mostly Portuguese Jews and two German Jewish families sought freedom and opportunity in the New World.
The first communal act upon landing in Savannah was the initiation of divine services. Worship was facilitated by the fact that more than a 'Minyan' (a quorum of 10 men) was immediately available and a Torah Scroll (the first 5 books of the bible) was carried by the settlers to their new home in Georgia."
Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews
B. H. Levy and Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer
Congregation Mickve Israel was founded by 42 Jews who arrived in Savannah, in the new colony of Georgia, on July 11, 1733. Having left London, England, five months earlier, the brave band of mostly Portuguese Jews and two German Jewish families sought freedom and opportunity in the New World.
The first communal act upon landing in Savannah was the initiation of divine services. Worship was facilitated by the fact that more than a 'Minyan' (a quorum of 10 men) was immediately available and a Torah Scroll (the first 5 books of the bible) was carried by the settlers to their new home in Georgia."
Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews
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