How a Jewish family saved Thomas Jefferson’s home
'The Levys of Monticello' focuses on a Sephardic clan who, like the country's 3rd president, enslaved people
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I am going back to the mountaintop. In three weeks, I will return to Charlottesville, Virginia. It is not because last Saturday it became the site of an American pogrom. Last weekend dozens of people were injured during violence sparked by the Unite the Right rally and counter-protests. Two law enforcement officers were killed in…
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Fast Forward When Charlottesville Jewish Brothers Fought In The Civil War — On Opposing Sides
The Jews of Charlottesville, Virginia have sometimes found themselves divided — including when two brothers from a prominent local family found themselves on opposite lines of fire during the Civil War. Scions of a German immigrant family, Simon and Isaac Leterman were deeply involved in civic and commercial life in the Virginia town, which mirrored…
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Fast Forward Rabbi To Say Kaddish For Jews Who Saved Thomas Jefferson’s Estate
Meir Soloveichik, a prominent New York Orthodox rabbi, will recite the Jewish prayer for the dead at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, honoring the Jews who lived there and restored the property after the third president’s death. Uriah Levy, a Jewish patriot and Navy admiral, purchased the Virginia mansion from Jefferson’s debt-ridden heirs and set about refurbishing…
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Breaking News Campers Abused by Kosher Food Truck Man
New York State Police are investigating a possible case of sexual abuse at a camp for Orthodox Jewish boys in upstate Monticello, N.Y. A kosher food truck driver has been captured on camera sneaking onto campus of Camp Shalva early on the morning of August 8 and entering bunkhouses of 13-to-14 year old boys, according…
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