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Presidential
Sweets

In honor of Presidents'
Day, a nice little quiz:
Do you know who
wanted Hebrew taught
as part of any classical
education, and who was
the first to invite a rabbi
to the White House?

QUESTIONS

#1) This president directed his followers to find
inspiration among the "great army of the chil-
dren of Israel ... that continued 40 years in their
different camps under the guidance and regula-
tions of the wisest general that ever lived."
#2) Name the president who criticized the anti-

Top left to right:

John F Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Lyndon B. Johnson

Bottom left to right:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor

n his youth, Theodore Roosevelt wasn't
among
the Jewish community's best friends.
1$
RI Raised in an upper-class family, he, like
many of his friends and neighbors, was disdain-
ful of the thousands of Jewish immigrants fleeing
persecution to settle in America.
Then things got rough for Teddy — literally.
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt
was profoundly impressed by the 17 Jewish
Rough Riders he saw in action. Apparently, too,
his heart tendered a bit when, while serving as
governor of New York, he witnessed firsthand
how difficult life was in the Jewish ghettos there.
How much did Teddy change?
Astonishingly so. As president, he was adored
by the Jewish community, and by the end of his
life he was a leading supporter of the Balfour
Declaration, which called for the establishment
of a Jewish homeland in - Palestine — even
though this put him in the same camp as the
man he loathed more than any other, former
President Woodrow Wilson.
Presidents' Day is this coming Monday, Feb.
19. What better time to check out how much
you know about our American leaders.

Theodore Roosevelt