Sunday, November 28, 2010

MORDECAI NOAH

Mordecai Noah was appointed by James Madison as Ambassador to Tunisia in 1813. He was recalled by James Monroe, then Secretary of State, in 1814 because he was a Jew. In 1825, after he resigned from Tammany Hall, Noah purchased a tract of land on Grand Island NY for an American Jewish state to be called "Ararat". It has been said that this Ararat Community was the forerunner of American Zionism. Unfortunately for Noah, we were not interested in a separated American homeland and his dream was never realized.

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