Israel Recognizes the Armenian Genocide for the Wrong Reasons
Imagine if the Holocaust were treated thus?
June 30, 2026
Gershom Seixas and the American Revolution.
Although not technically a rabbi but a hazzan, Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745–1816) is the person most deserving of the title of rabbi of the American Revolution. Jonathan Sarna discusses Seixas’s fascinating life, and the early years of American Jewry more broadly, in conversation with Nachi Weinstein. (Audio, 67 minutes.)
Imagine if the Holocaust were treated thus?
But the solution must be political as well as military.
The game has long had political significance.
Save national repentance for a different occasion.
Gershom Seixas and the American Revolution.
Although not technically a rabbi but a hazzan, Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745–1816) is the person most deserving of the title of rabbi of the American Revolution. Jonathan Sarna discusses Seixas’s fascinating life, and the early years of American Jewry more broadly, in conversation with Nachi Weinstein. (Audio, 67 minutes.)
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