Rebecca Gratz

Rebecca Gratz

female, deceased (1869) (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
The Occident, CongregationMikvehIsrael, Mikveh Israel, Jewish American, Franklin & Marshall College alumni, occident…A Daughter of Israel
Rebecca Gratz was a preeminent Jewish American educator and philanthropist. Gratz was the seventh of twelve children born to Miriam Simon and...
Gershom Mendes Seixas

Gershom Mendes Seixas

male, deceased (1816)
English, Jewish person, Columbia University, Sephardi Jew, Spanish and Portuguese Jew, Jewish American history…Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel, Congregation Shearith Israel, CongregationMikvehIsrael
Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745-1816) the first native-born Jewish minister in the United States, was the minister of Congregation Shearith Israel, the...