Anti-Semitic Violence Threatens George Washington’s Vision for His Country
America cannot be America when Jews are beaten in the streets.
May 26, 2021
Anti-Semitic Violence Threatens George Washington’s Vision for His Country
America cannot be America when Jews are beaten in the streets.
In George Washington’s famous letter to the Jewish congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, he promised an America where Jews and other religious minorities were not merely tolerated, but lived with full equality under a government “which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” Quoting a favorite phrase of his from the book of Micah, Washington expressed his hope in a new nation where “every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree.” David French considers the recent wave of attacks on American Jews in light of this remarkable document:
May 26, 2021
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Distant Jews have become an embodiment of the American evil, racial oppression.
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Mahmoud Abbas can’t lead Palestinians anywhere.
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And why Yiddish plays attracted Gentile audiences.