When George Washington was elected President, in 1789, the congregation of Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome wrote a prayer in Hebrew "Prayer for the government in honor of George Washington, First President of the United States of America by Kahal Kadosh-Beit Shalome (1789)"."From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress", by Abraham Karp, Published by Rizzoli (October 15, 1991), ,
