Blog Post by JINSA’s New Executive Director Larry Greenfield Runs in The Jewish World Review, 2/20/12
Washington, Lincoln, and the Jewish community of America
By Larry Greenfield
Presidents Day unifies the commemorations of President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays. Some states also recognize other U.S. Presidents on this day.
In Washington, D.C. the monuments to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln stand tall and proud.
Washington, Lincoln, and the Jewish community of America
By Larry Greenfield
Presidents Day unifies the commemorations of President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays. Some states also recognize other U.S. Presidents on this day.
In Washington, D.C. the monuments to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln stand tall and proud.
George Washington, Revolutionary War hero, exceptional statesman, and man of deep character and public leadership, is fondly admired by the Jewish community for his famous (1790) letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, which is a foundation stone of American religious liberty: