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Jewish Texans have been a part of Texas History since the first European explorers arrived in the 1500s. [10] Spanish Texas did not welcome easily identifiable Jews, but they came in any case. Jao de la Porta was with Jean Laffite at Galveston, Texas in 1816, and Maurice Henry was in Velasco in the late 1820s. Jews fought in the armies of the Texas Revolution of 1836, some with Fannin at Goliad, others at San Jacinto. Dr. Albert Levy became a surgeon to revolutionary Texan forces in 1835, participated in the capture of Béxar, and joined the Texas Navy the next year.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_United_States
Had no idea that, jewish men, fought in the armies of the Texas Revolution!
Thank you sooooooo much
just jewish people when they first came to settle in Texas