Speaker. today I rise to celebrate the 282nd Anniversary of Congregation Mickve Israel. the third oldest Jewish Congregation in the United States of America. and the grand opening of their Lawrence and Nancy Gutstein Museum. Five months after General James Oglethorpe founded the Georgia colony in 1733. Jewish refugees from the Iberian Peninsula landed in Savannah. These refugees started the Congregation Mickve Israel which has met in various locations ever since. The congregation is still operating under the same charter which they received from Governor Edward Telfair in 1790. Using primary sources. the diaries of one of the first settlers and minute books from 17901851. a carefully constructed exhibit ties Mickve Israel and its members to events in Jewish history. in the life of the Savannah community. the country. and the world.
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