Lebanon Must Abandon Its Anti-Israel Laws
But on its own schedule.
July 3, 2026
William Seward visits Jerusalem.
Nearly a century after those Manhattan Jews prayed that God protect the colonies from the wrath of George III, a prayer was offered for the American president at a Jerusalem synagogue. The scene was described by the former secretary of state William Seward who, in 1871, was visiting Palestine for the second time. Lenny Ben-David cites Seward’s travelogue, which first recounts the intense prayers and lamentations offered at the Western Wall on Fridays, before Shabbat began:
But on its own schedule.
But Israel can help set things right.
As they will thank God for their country again.
William Seward visits Jerusalem.
Mordecai Kaplan’s vision of America.
Nearly a century after those Manhattan Jews prayed that God protect the colonies from the wrath of George III, a prayer was offered for the American president at a Jerusalem synagogue. The scene was described by the former secretary of state William Seward who, in 1871, was visiting Palestine for the second time. Lenny Ben-David cites Seward’s travelogue, which first recounts the intense prayers and lamentations offered at the Western Wall on Fridays, before Shabbat began:
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