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The delegates at the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland (1897). Mountain Jewish delegates with Herzl at the First Zionist Congress. The First Zionist Congress (Hebrew: הקונגרס הציוני הראשון) was the inaugural congress of the Zionist Organization (ZO) held in the Stadtcasino Basel in the city of Basel on August 29–31, 1897.
First Jewish female governor of a U.S. state : Madeleine M. Kunin (1985) [21] First Jewish openly gay member of the U.S. Congress (U.S. House of Representatives): Barney Frank (took office 1981, disclosed homosexuality 1989) [22] Jared Polis became the first Jewish Congressman to be openly gay upon first election: (2009) [23]
Oregon's first Jewish governor New York: Herbert Lehman [1] Democratic: January 1, 1933: December 3, 1942: New York's first Jewish governor Florida: David Sholtz [7] Democratic: January 3, 1933: January 5, 1937: Illinois: Henry Horner [1] Democratic: January 9, 1933: October 6, 1940: Illinois' first Jewish governor Wisconsin: Julius Heil [8 ...
Map of Jewish senators as of March of 2024. Blue means that there currently is one Jewish senator from that state. Gray means that there currently are no Jewish senators from that state. Twenty-two states have been represented by Jewish senators. As of January 3, 2025, 10 states are represented by Jewish senators.
He was the first Jewish congressman elected in Georgia. [1] Early life. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Levitas graduated in 1948 from Henry W. Grady High School there.
Lewis Charles Levin (November 10, 1808 – March 14, 1860) was an American politician, newspaper editor and anti-Catholic social activist. He was one of the founders of the American Party in 1842 and served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1845 to 1851.
A Jewish congressman recent sewed a yellow Star of David to his coat to remind everyone of what Hitler did. ... Tracy Morgan says he felt ‘culturally isolated’ his first 3 years on 'SNL ...
The family moved to Florida when he was a child. He later served as Florida's territorial delegate to Congress. Yulee was the first person of Jewish ancestry elected to the United States House of Representatives as well as the first elected to the United States Senate.