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February 15, 2016

Thomas Jefferson: Critic of Judaism, Protector of the Jews

He also tried to study the Talmud.

Although he had a low opinion of the Jewish religion, the third president of the United States was passionately committed to religious freedom, and on multiple occasions spoke up for the rights of Jews. He even endeavored to study the Talmud, as Saul Jay Singer writes:

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