In the Continental Army, one company of patriots in Charleston, South Carolina, was a majority Jewish, and at least fifteen Jewish soldiers in the Army achieved the rank of officer during the American Revolution, something unheard of in European armies at the time. Though their numbers were small (in proportion with their population in the colonies), Jewish patriots participated in the war, and in the Early Republic they insisted on their full citizenship in the new nation. I’m joined in this episode by Dr. Adam Jortner ([ Ссылка ]), the Goodwin Philpott Eminent Professor of Religion in the Department of History at Auburn University and author of A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom ([ Ссылка ]).




Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag ([ Ссылка ]), composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “Jewish Longing ([ Ссылка ]),” by Ashot Danielyan ([ Ссылка ]) from Pixabay ([ Ссылка ]), used in accordance with the Pixabay content license ([ Ссылка ]). The episode image is a drawing of a colonial American couple with a Hanukkah menorah ([ Ссылка ]); the image is believed to be in the public domain, and the source is unknown.




Additional sources:
“ Recife ([ Ссылка ]) ,” Dutch Port Cities Project, the ([ Ссылка ]) Global Asia ([ Ссылка ]) initiative, New York University. ([ Ссылка ]) “ From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, Timeline 1700s ([ Ссылка ]) ,” Library of Congress. “ Total Jewish Population in the United States (1654 - Present) ([ Ссылка ]) ,” Jewish Virtual Library. “ Jews in Early America: From Inquisition to Freedom ([ Ссылка ]) ,” Touro Synagogue Foundation. “ Men of Mordechai: Jewish Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces ([ Ссылка ]) ,” by Jessie Kratz, Pieces of History, National Archives, May 18, 2021. “ One Jew’s Financial Support for the Revolutionary War ([ Ссылка ]) ,” The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. “ Francis Salvador, the First Jewish Member of a Legislative Assembly in American History ([ Ссылка ]) ,” by Nathan Dorn, Library of Congress Blog, May 5, 2020. “ Washington’s Letter ([ Ссылка ]) ,” George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom. “ The Bill of Rights: How Did it Happen? ([ Ссылка ]) ” National Archives. “ First Amendment and Religion ([ Ссылка ]) ,” United States Courts.




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