March 22, 1851
Mordecai Manuel Noah Dies
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On March 22, 1851, Mordecai Manuel Noah died in New York. In 1825 he had tried to found a Jewish refuge called Ararat.
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On this day, Mordecai Manuel Noah died in New York. The Jewish Encyclopedia dates his birth to 19 July 1785 in Philadelphia and his death to 22 March 1851. He was a journalist, playwright, and diplomat.
He served as United States consul at Tunis and later returned to New York. In 1825 he proposed a Jewish colony, Ararat, on Grand Island in the Niagara River, as a temporary refuge. The dedication was held in Buffalo that September. The colony was never built. Noah kept arguing for a Jewish return to the Land of Israel.
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- Noah, Mordecai Manuel · Jewish Encyclopedia · Jewish Encyclopedia View source
- Ararat · Jewish Encyclopedia · Jewish Encyclopedia View source
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