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Pinto prepared the first Jewish prayer-book published in America, which was also the first English translation of the Siddur. He saw the inability of colonial jews to read hebrew and the need for a readable Siddur. The publication of an English translation of the Siddur helped shape Jewish-American Identity.
He is known for, presenting through his books, manuscript evidence supporting alternate views on the origins of Christian and Islamic religious texts. He wanted to revise current knowledge of Islam and significantly improve the state of textual criticism. He founded the American School of Archaeology at Jerusalem in 1901. [4]
Steve Stern, novelist and short story writer whose work draws heavily on Jewish folklore and the immigrant experience; winner of the National Jewish Book Award [110] Harvey Swados, novelist and essayist [30] Judd L. Teller, writer, historian, poet. [111] Jonathan Tropper, novelist [112] Leopold Tyrmand, writer [113] Leon Uris, novelist [114]
Schwartz, Laurens R. Jews and the American Revolution: Haym Salomon and Others. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1987. ISBN 978-0899502205. Wiernik, Peter. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time at Google Books. New York: Jewish Press Publishing Company, 1912. LCCN 12-25267
Aaron Lopez (born Duarte Lopez; 1731 – May 28, 1782) was a Portuguese-born merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist.Born in Lisbon into a converso family, he moved to British America, settling in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Maryam Jameelah (May 23, 1934 [1] – October 31, 2012) was an American-Pakistani author of over thirty books on Islamic culture and history and a female voice for orthodox Islam, known for her writings about the West. [2]
These Jewish colonists were the largest group of Jews ever to sail on one vessel for North America in colonial times, wrote Jacob R. Marcus in his study of The Colonial American Jew. They brought with them "a sefer Torah , with two cloaks , and a circumcision box, which were given to them by Mr. Lindo, a merchant in London, for the use of the ...
Francis Salvador (1747 – 1 August 1776) was an English-born American plantation owner in the colony of South Carolina from the Sephardic Jewish community of London; in 1774, he was the first professing Jew to be elected to public office in the colonies when chosen for the Provincial Congress.