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In a 1790 letter, George Washington addressed a Jewish congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. He wrote that the new nation he was helping build would give "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance." Today, the letter is considered a stepping stone for the First Amendment that would come the following year, in 1791.

Letter Transcript

Gentlemen:

While I received with much satisfaction your address replete with expressions of esteem, I rejoice in the opportunity of assuring you that I shall always retain grateful remembrance of the cordial welcome I experienced on my visit to Newport from all classes of citizens.

The reflection on the days of difficulty and danger which are past is rendered the more sweet from a consciousness that they are succeeded by days of uncommon prosperity and security.

If we have wisdom to make the best use of the advantages with which we are now favored, we cannot fail, under the just administration of a good government, to become a great and happy people.

The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy—a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my administration and fervent wishes for my felicity.

May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

— G. Washington

Leading fashion house Prada has appointed as one of its brand ambassadors, a Palestinian rapper (named named Saint Levant) who openly praised the violent targeting of Israeli fans in Amsterdam in November 2024, which participants themselves described as a “Jodenjacht” – “Jew hunt”. And the brand has – as the law would say – “form” in this regard, because, a few years ago it appointed another brand ambassador with a distinctly unfriendly opinion of Israel.

In 2022 Prada appointed Harry Potter star Emma Watson as a brand ambassador and the “face” of its then new fragrance, Paradoxe. Although this came after the actor had allegedly expressed fiercely anti-Israel views in Instagram posts, I think we can forgive the Italian fashion house for appointing her.

In her role as Hermione Granger, Watson was part of the Harry Potter franchise that was one of the hottest cultural phenomena of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. In 2022, Watson was all grown up. And with her post-Hermione pixie-cut and a few minor film roles under her belt, she appeared to be heading for stardom.

Like the Harry Potter franchise, Prada was also flourishing. After 80-odd years of languishing virtually unremarked upon outside Italy, a new generation of the family at the helm brought an achingly cool sensibility, blending opulence and sporty edginess that exploded onto Planet Fashion and transformed it into one of the hottest brands on earth.

And – like Harry Potter — it was one of the era’s cultural icons. It was just about understandable, therefore, that if Prada disapproved of her opinions, it would hold its nose and overlook Watson’s anti-Israel posts which the fashion brand could attribute to her youth or naiveite. And which I would suggest may be attributable to the fact that on the Harry Potter set she met demonstrable Israelophobes such as Miriam Margolyes and the late Alan Rickman.

But when we consider its newest “brand ambassador” – a Palestinian singer-songwriter named Saint Levant – we see no shining promise or cultural phenomenon which would at least allow us to understand – if not forgive – Prada’s decision.

Like that other Israel-hater Bob Vylan, whose name insultingly parodies the Jewish Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, Saint Levant’s name is also a feeble joke. It combines the “Saint” of St Laurent – providing a tenuous fashion link – with “Levant” which is where he is from – the bit of the Middle East at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean where Jews have lived continuously since Biblical Times. The “Levant” is also the region from which Palestinians – or their extremist Islamist puppet-masters and funders – would like to evict the Jews. But unlike Watson, who was a key part of an iconic franchise, the rapper Saint Levant’s main claim to fame – apart from a single song which gained a large number of streams on Spotify – appears to be his on-stage appreciation of those who took part in the “Jew-hunt” in Amsterdam in November 2024, when Israeli and Jewish fans leaving the AJAX ground were targeted by a violent mob in a premeditated and violent attack.

Or as he put it from the stage in Amsterdam: “A quick little shout-out to our Moroccan brothers for what they did the other day… because it’s not the first time that they come to a land that’s not theirs and start some sh*t… thanks for taking care of business.”

It’s not just that Saint Levant is a supporter of the Palestinian cause and appears to believe that Jerusalem and Haifa belong to “Palestine”. It’s not just that he may be in favour of annihilating the planet’s one Jewish state. It’s not even that he holds the entirely delusional idea that Jews are in a land that is not theirs. It is that such an avowedly divisive, clearly anti-Jewish figure seems an acceptable choice of “brand ambassador” for a brand which a decade ago pledged to be “more sensitive” to issues of racism. It did so in 2016 amid accusations of anti-black racism over its “Pradamalia” line which featured figures that allegedly resembled “black-face” or “sambo” caricatures.

After the global outrage provoked by that lapse, and the promises and pledges that followed, one might have thought that the brand would be sensitive to minorities; that it might think hard about avoiding giving offence to a minority.

Yet in 2022, it appointed Watson, and now Prada has appointed as its newest “brand ambassador” a man who actively endorsed what its own participants at the time described as a “Jew-hunt”. So clearly anti-Jewish racism doesn’t count for Prada At all.

I can’t go onto ANY gay subs without being BOMBARDED with unhinged Jew-hatred and Israel-hatred every day. They also happily defend and excuse Islamism.

This is also happening in IRL spaces too, where we are blocked from participating in many events.

I get sick EVERY time I see this ☝️ quote in posts and comments because over 90% of the time it is used to excuse Jew-hatred.

Someone recently used that statement to excuse the lunatic ravings of a recently disgraced Israel-hating politician and they got so many upvotes for selling us out 😔: “As someone who is Jewish, I can safely say this man is not antisemitic.”

Brad Lander easily defeated incumbent Dan Goldman (D NY) by hating Israel and Jewish people more in today’s Democrat Primary. He will now easily destroy his Republican “challenger” in November and enter Congress in January 27.

Unlike the Non-Jewish Democrats already spewing their hatred of Jews/Israel in Congress, Brad Lander is a self-loathing Jew who easily earned an endorsement from Mayor MAOdani.

His constant vitriol against us will be quoted by our enemies NON-stop and will only add more rocket fuel to the growing fire of Jew-hatred here and around the world.

G-d help us from DNC-KAPOs!!! 🙏

It’s been a while since I was on a Solstice class ship. I find that the night light is too bright on them when compared to the edge class.

Is there a way that it can be made less bright or I can turn it off and have my phone light the way?

I can’t avoid using the bathroom every night and it would be nice not to have the night light mess with my sleep hygiene.

That’s my go-too response whenever i encounter a leftist Jew-hater spewing their nonsense in the comment sections. I consider it an insult, but maybe some of them like it.

Clearly the rest of the Democrats are fine with him.

Why would Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Bernie Sanders and the rest of the DNC endorse this man?

Mine was on the Millennium in 2002.
11 days. We loved it.