Lecture: A Jewish Naval Hero of the War of 1812
Hendrick Hudson Free Library 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY, United StatesSpeakers in the Humanities: A lecture by Sanford Sternlicht Born in 1792 in Philadelphia of Sephardic Jewish parents, Uriah Phillips Levy ran away from home at age 10 to serve as a ship's cabin boy. At 19 he was a captain in the merchant marine. During the War of 1812 he joined the US Navy,