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July 1, 2026

The Amazing Adaptability of American Jewry

Joseph in the New World.

In their discussion of 250 years of American Jewish history, John Podhoretz and Meir Soloveichik consider not only such usual subjects as George Washington’s letters to Jewish congregations, but also others, like the transformational era between the 1880s and the 1920s. Podhoretz compares the “incredible adaptive quality” exhibited by American Jews during those years to that of Joseph, leading Soloveichik to comment:

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