Was Alexander Hamilton a member of the tribe? Even though it’s not easy finding hard, cold evidence that Hamilton was one of the Chosen People, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a very real possibility.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:41 Alexander Hamilton’s mother Rachel Faucette
01:20 Clues indicating Lavian was Jewish
02:20 History of Levitic names
02:32 Marriage of Rachel and Johann Lavian
02:51 Relationship of Rachel and James Hamilton
03:18 Why did Alexander Hamilton go to a Jewish school?
04:06 Jewish-Christian relations in the Colonial Period
04:34 Hamilton’s Christian and Jewish identities
06:10 Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?
06:52 Outro
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Disinter Alexander Hamilton’s and his father’s bodies and do DNA testing if there is some intact tissue.
So its quite unanswered
Yes, he was and that explains a lot.
5:55 ironically enough Jesus is Jewish so umm this is awkward
WC Fields was a notorious atheist for his entire adult life. He was visited on his deathbed by his good friend actor Ed Wynn who saw that WC Fields was reading a Bible. He questioned why he of all people would be reading the Bible to which WC Fields responded “I was looking for loopholes!”
Lewis Hamilton is Jew ?
Fake history. He was white, not Jewish.
Of all the Founding Fathers, I've always liked Hamilton the very least. Now I know why.
He had no Jewish blood connection.
Wow! His mother was forced to marry a disgusting old man she wanted nothing to do with before she met Hamilton's actual father? Jews are so cool!