gift of religious freedom

Every Shabbat is an opportunity to express appreciation for the blessings that the past week brought to us. This Shabbat is an opportunity to express thanks not only for the rest that our Sabbath provides, but also to acknowledge the gift of religious freedom and abundance that America affords us as Jews. No other nation in the history...
Every Shabbat is an opportunity to express appreciation for the blessings that the past week brought to us. This Shabbat is an opportunity to express thanks not only for the rest that our Sabbath provides, but also to acknowledge the gift of religious freedom and abundance that America affords us as Jews. No other nation in the history of our people has been as welcoming and supportive, a fertile ground upon which Judaism has not only survived, but thrived, developed and advanced. America has been what our earliest Jewish settlers called a New Zion.

I hope that this season of Thanksgiving brings you and your families the choicest of blessings.

Shalom,

Rabbi Joseph M. Forman

P.S.: Here is a link that explains much about the earliest history of Thanksgiving and the Jewish community in America.

http://www.ajhs.org/publications/chapters/chapter.cfm?documentID=240