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Related: About this forum'A reminder for Thanksgiving. George Washington's famous August, 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport,
RI. He wrote that: every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. He continued: "For happily the Government of the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens."'
czarjak
(11,191 posts)babylonsister
(170,963 posts)many people wouldn't point and laugh when they read those words.
Bummer. I'll shut up now.
catrose
(5,048 posts)Oldest in the country, though they're quick to tell you there are older congregations. While they valued Pres. Washington's words, their attiyude was more of "Trust but verify," ot the other way around. Fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, they built a hiding place underneath the floor, just in case. Later they used it as part of the Underground Railroad.