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By Karin J. Goldstein

Many viewers flock to Plymouth, Massachusetts, every year to view the old touchdown spot of the Pilgrims. 3 blocks from Plymouth Rock is Congregation Beth Jacob's synagogue. For greater than a century, the Jewish group of this coastal New England city has flourished. Even ahead of the institution of the synagogue, inbuilt 1912-13, Plymouth's historical past used to be formed via the Jewish tradition. Many colonial New England legislation have been derived from the previous testomony. The grave marker of famed Governor William Bradford bears an inscription in Hebrew that reads, "The Lord is the aid of my life." Historian Karin J. Goldstein unearths the lasting effect of the Jewish group on Plymouth's background and the ways that it nonetheless informs the town's exact identification today.

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