| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
| 1723 |
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France grants residence rights to Portuguese Jews |
| 1730 |
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Jews build a synagogue in Lower Manhattan |
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| 1733 |
James Oglethorpe founds colony at Savannah, Georgia, receives 41 Jewish settlers |
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| 1740 |
|
Kahol Kodish Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia dedicates land for a cemetery |
England grants naturalization rights to Jews in the colonies |
| 1753 |
|
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Parliament extends naturalization rights to Jews resident in England |
| 1760 |
|
Aaron Lopez emerges as participant in "triangular trade" between British colonies, West Indies and West Africa |
The Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of hasidism, dies |
| 1761 |
|
First English prayerbook for High Holidays is published in New York |
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| 1765 |
|
Ten Jews sign Non-Importation Acts of Pennsylvania |
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| 1775 |
|
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Pius VI issues edict to suppress the Jewish religion |
| 1776 |
Second Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence |
Francis Salvador dies fighting as Revolutionary War begins |
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| 1778 |
|
Mordecai Sheftall, Commissary General of the Georgia militia, is captured in the battle of Savannah |
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| 1783 |
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Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn translates the Pentateuch into German using Hebrew characters |
| 1787 |
Delegates to the federal convention draft and sign the Constitution of the United States |
Kosher food is served following Grand Federal Procession celebrating ratification of the Constitution by Pennsylvania |
|
| 1789 |
George Washington is inaugurated president |
Gershom Mendes Seixas, minister of New York's Jewish congregation, is invited to Washington's inaugural |
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| 1790 |
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Washington replies to a letter of congratulations from the Jews of Philadelphia, New York, Charleston and Richmond |
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| 1791 |
States ratify Bill of Rights |
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France grants Jews privileges of full citizens
Tsarist Russia confines Jews to Pale of Settlement, between the Black and Baltic Seas |
| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
