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The Mormon affinity for Judaism is expressed by the many references to Judaism in the Mormon liturgy.

For example, Joseph Smith named the largest Mormon settlement he founded Nauvoo, which means " to be beautiful " in Hebrew.

Brigham Young named a tributary of the Great Salt Lake the " Jordan River ".

The LDS Church created a writing scheme called the Deseret Alphabet, which was based, in part, on Hebrew.

Currently, the LDS Church has a Jerusalem Center in Israel, where students focus their study on Near Eastern history, culture, language, and the Bible.