Jonas Phillips (1736–1803) was the first of the Phillips family to settle in America. A founder of Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Phillips was the father of twenty-one children and the grandfather of Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish Commodore in the United States Navy.
Read more about Jonas Phillips: Childhood and Emigration, The American Revolution, Civil Rights For Jews, Other Jewish Activities, Death and Burial
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