Yom Tov: (Jewish Studies) Thursday, March 24, 2011 18 Adar II, 5771 (Your Jewish Calendar)

Thursday, March 24, 2011

18 Adar II, 5771 Yom Tov ערב טוב Yom Tov in two words "Good Day" symbolize and embody the Scripture   "This is the Day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it" Since God created the day from the night in genesis and called it good, it is possible He might have looked at the day dawning and said: "Yom Tov" -Eben Micha'el Ya'akov ben Avraham-

Today in Jewish History Open All                                             First Jewish Governor Sworn In (1801)    Less   When Governor of Georgia James Jackson resigned his post to serve as a US senator, the president of the Georgia Senate, David Emanuel, was sworn in as governor. March 3, 1801, was the first time that a Jewish person served as governor of a US state. Emanuel served the remaining eight months of Jackson's term, but did not seek re-election, opting instead to retire from politics. In 1812, Georgia named a new county in his honor: "Emanuel County."   First Jewish Periodical in US (1823)    Less   The inaugural edition of "The Jew," the first Jewish periodical in the United States, was published in March of 1823. It was published in New York City and edited by Solomon H. Jackson. The subtitle of the paper was “Being a defence of Judaism against all adversaries, and particularly against the insidious attacks of Israel's Advocate.” Its major aim was to combat missionaries, and specifically "Israel's Advocate," a Christian conversionist periodical published at the same time.   The periodical was issued until March 1825.