This week in Jewish history: The lynching of Leo Frank and George Washington’s promise to American Jews Leo Frank’s 1915 lynching revealed the deadly power of antisemitism. George Washington’s 1790 letter offered a radically different vision of Jewish life in the U.S.
25 Jewish Americans who made history and helped shape the United States From the Revolutionary War to Silicon Valley, meet 25 Jewish Americans whose ideas, leadership, and creativity helped shape the United States.
How Jews helped shape the American Revolution — and the ‘First Salute’ that made history The “First Salute” exhibit reveals how Jewish merchants helped fuel the American Revolution and secure its first international recognition.
