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.
In March 1622, the Powhatan made a major assault on English settlements in Virginia, killing some 350 to 400 residents (a full one-quarter of the population). The attack hit the outposts of Jamestown the hardest, while the town itself received advance warning and was able to mount a defense.