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Adam Jortner

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The Coming Witch Trials

It’s time to care for the community—not cleanse it.

by Adam Jortner via Current (religion and democracy) on October 22, 2024

A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom

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Dusting Off the Old Stories

What does the Jewish experience in the Revolutionary War say about America?

by Richard Kreitner via Jewish Review of Books on January 15, 2025

The American Flag, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and a Jewish Star with Hebrew words.

The Spirit of '76: A Jewish Perspective on the American Revolution

What was “exceptional” about the American Revolution wasn’t so much the creation of a single republic but the immediate opportunity it provided for action.

by Michael Hoberman via Marginalia Review of Books on September 27, 2024

Photo illustration of George Washington and mystics in horoscope and galaxy background.

The American Revolution Was So Much Weirder Than You Think

Alongside the Enlightenment reason we associate with the founding there were mystics, occultists, and conspiracy theorists.

by Nicole Penn via The Bulwark on June 30, 2026

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