Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...

The White House, Washington, D.C. 1804. Thomas Jefferson was frustrated. It was not the burdens of office that bothered him. It was his Bible. Jefferson was convinced that the authentic words of ...

(JTA) — As an early champion of religious freedom in the United States, Thomas Jefferson’s regard for ... JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.

Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas ... real-estate deal, it contradicted Jefferson ...