but i really wished the jews again in judea and independent nation. excuse me. no other american president is braced more emphatically and succinctly than john adams. it took in just 12 words. the hebrews had done more to civilized man than any other nation. martin van buren, actively involved in saving jews from being massacred in syria, the ordeal began in 1840 when an italian priest and his servant were reported missing. then somebody suggested they had been murdered. although there was no suspect, the cry went up, the jews did. the government then arrested and imprisoned most of the male jewish population in damascus, all the city's rabbis, a jewish grave diggers, and even young jewish cool voice. they then began to torture the rabbi's, forcing their wives and daughters to watch. excuse me. but the torture and kill them or lift them maimed for life. when american jews told van buren about the ongoing massacre , you went into action. he, together with british and european leaders, pressured syria to stop the massacre and to free the surviving prisoners. the s