Lincoln's Secretary of State: Jews double any other group and more than all others combined in Jerusalem in 1871

So much for the claim that Jews were intruders in Jerusalem. President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William Seward, visited Jerusalem in 1871 and attended Friday evening services at the Churva synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City. It was at least Seward's second visit to Israel. He first visited here in 1859, and his visit aroused a desire in President Lincoln to visit Israel (Lincoln was