The first synagogue in North America was located on Mill Street in lower Manhattan. Built in 1730 to serve Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue’s rabbi, Gershom Mendes Seixas, preached persuasively on behalf of the principles of liberty and supported the Patriots’ cause in the American Revolution.
On April 8, 2019, 289 years to the day the synagogue was built, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, the American Sephardi Federation, the Temple of Universal Judaism, and the Jewish Learning Experience came together with New York City Council Member Margaret S. Chin and the current rabbi of Shearith Israel Meir Soloveivchik to inaugurate the co-naming of South William Street as the Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way.
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The first synagogue in North America was located on Mill Street in lower Manhattan. Built in 1730 to serve Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue’s rabbi, Gershom Mendes Seixas, preached persuasively on behalf of the principles of liberty and supported the Patriots’ cause in the American Revolution.
On April 8, 2019, 289 years to the day the synagogue was built, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, the American Sephardi Federation, the Temple of Universal Judaism, and the Jewish Learning Experience came together with New York City Council Member Margaret S. Chin and the current rabbi of Shearith Israel Meir Soloveivchik to inaugurate the co-naming of South William Street as the Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way.
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Rabbi Soloveichik delivered the keynote address at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty's annual Canterbury Gala, where he discussed the foundations of religious liberty in America, the story of the Liberty Bell, and more.
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Rabbi Soloveichik sits down with NR senior editor Jay Nordlinger to discuss his tentpole essay, "What Jews Mean to America."
The first synagogue in North America was located on Mill Street in lower Manhattan. Built in 1730 to serve Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue’s rabbi, Gershom Mendes Seixas, preached persuasively on behalf of the principles of liberty and supported the Patriots’ cause in the American Revolution.
On April 8, 2019, 289 years to the day the synagogue was built, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, the American Sephardi Federation, the Temple of Universal Judaism, and the Jewish Learning Experience came together with New York City Council Member Margaret S. Chin and the current rabbi of Shearith Israel Meir Soloveivchik to inaugurate the co-naming of South William Street as the Mill Street Synagogue/Seixas Way.
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Rabbi Soloveichik delivered the keynote address at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty's annual Canterbury Gala, where he discussed the foundations of religious liberty in America, the story of the Liberty Bell, and more.
What Jews Mean to America, with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and Jay Nordlinger
Rabbi Soloveichik sits down with NR senior editor Jay Nordlinger to discuss his tentpole essay, "What Jews Mean to America."
