TIL: In 1773, a Palestinian Rabbi named Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal made American history by delivering the first published Jewish sermon in the Colonies. His speech took place in Newport, Rhode Island and was preached in Ladino (a Jewish-Spanish language)

TIL: In 1773, a Palestinian Rabbi named Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal made American history by delivering the first published Jewish sermon in the Colonies. His speech took place in Newport, Rhode Island and was preached in Ladino (a Jewish-Spanish language)

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