Please consider making a donation today. By MJL Staff | August 22, 2002. Considering that the very first mitzvah (commandment) in the Torah is âto be fruitful and multiply,â it should come as no surprise that nurturing a family is considered of utmost importance in the Jewish tradition.oday, having children and instilling Jewish values in them is seen as a counterbalance to the shrinking Jewish populace, and some Jews believe they have a responsibility to create Jewish children in part to make up for the vast number of Jews lost during the Holocaust.
Chief Powhatan was father of Pocahontas and the ruler of the tribes that lived in the area where English colonists founded the Jamestown settlement in 1607.
VIRGINIA. After becoming Governor of the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia General Assembly moved the state capital from Williamsburg to Richmond. They wanted the capital more centrally located and less exposed to British incursions.