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	JEWISH SETTLERS ARRIVE IN GEORGIA
	On July 11, 1733, a ship named the William and Sarah sailed into James Edward Oglethorpe’s settlement of Savannah. What made the passengers on this ship different from the other settlers who landed five months earlier were that these new arrivals were Jewish. They were Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin known as Ashkenazi. They had a deep faith and even brought with them a copy of the Torah, a sacred scroll on which the holy writings of the Jewish faith are recorded. This historic Torah is still in the possession of the Temple Mickve Israel, located on Monterey Square, in Savannah. Among these Jewish settlers were members of the Minis family (pronounced just like the arithmetic sign "minus"). Abraham Minis and his wife, Abigail, arrived with their two daughters, Leah and Esther, as well as Abraham’s brother Simon. Abraham and Abigail Minis eventually had seven more children: Philip, Minis, Joseph, Samuel, Judith, Hannah and Sarah.... more



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