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Schmidt served in Hitler's Wehrmacht, while managing to hide his Jewish roots from the Nazi regime. [107] Árpád Göncz, a former president of Hungary from 1990 to 2000, had a Jewish maternal grandfather. [108] Although most head of states with Jewish ancestry come from Europe and Latin America, some are from other regions of the World.
The following is a list of people who were in the position of the leaders of the Jewish nation, heads of state and/or government in the Land of Israel. Because of the position of the Land of Israel in Judaism, the leaders of the inhabitants of the land had a priority status also over Diaspora Jewry, although there were periods when this status weakened due to the weakening of the Jewish ...
New leaders such as Israel Jacobson, father of the German Reform Judaism movement, launched an egalitarian, modernist stance that challenged the Orthodoxy. The resulting fractures in Jewish society has translated into a situation whereby there is no single religious governing body for the entire Jewish community at the present time.
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.
Daniel Morgan, military leader and Virginia congressman [78] Hercules Mulligan, Irish-American tailor and spy, member of the Sons of Liberty. [117] Introduced Alexander Hamilton into New York society and helped him recruit men for his artillery units. [118] Samuel Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Continental Marines [119]
Asher Asher, [32] first Scottish Jewish doctor; Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead, [33] President of the Royal Society of Medicine; Sir Ian Gainsford, dentist [34] Sir Abraham Goldberg, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1923–2007 [35] Max Hamilton, [36] psychiatrist; Roderigo Lopez, New Christian doctor to Queen ...
Dolores Huerta, labor leader, civil rights activist, co-founder of United Farm Workers [332] Everett Kelley , president of the American Federation of Government Employees [ 328 ] Sean McGarvey , president of the North America's Building Trades Unions [ 328 ]
Of the current federal Jewish politicians, 6 are Liberals (6 MPs, 0 Senators), 3 are Conservatives (2 MPs, 1 Senators), 1 is a New Democrat (1 MP, 0 Senators) and two sit as Independent (2 Senators). Provincially, Jews have been elected to 9 of the 13 legislatures – with only New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and ...