teisipäev, November 28, 2006

Who was the first Jew in America?

Who was the first Jew to arrive to the newly discovered American continent? In 1585, Joachim Gaunse, a Jewish metallurgist and mining engineer from Prague, landed in Virginia as part of Sir Walter Raleigh's Roanoke expedition.

Read moore about Joachim Gaunse
Your Guide to Judaism, Lisa Katz
on Wednesday November 15, 2006

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