Thursday, September 13, 2012

9/13/12

1. Jay-Z bought Zadie Smith a fish sandwich (Slate). 

2. Congregation Shearith Israel, often call The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. It was established in 1645 and is now on the Upper West Side. Justice Cardozo, 2nd Jewish Supreme Court member ever, was a member (Wiki).

3. The first Jewish Supreme Court Justice was. When he graduate from Harvard Law he had the highest GPA in the history of law school. He was a pre-WW2 Zionist. His nomination for the Supreme Court was bitterly contested the nomination, but he was confirmed in 1916 (wiki).

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