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Is the golden age of Jews in America ending? - opinion

As America marks 250 years, Jews celebrate a remarkable partnership while confronting new questions about its future

|ByDAVID HARRIS
Thousands of Jewish and Israeli Americans participate in the annual Israel Day Parade, the world’s largest pro-Israel parade, on May 31, in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who did not attend the march, is the first New York mayor not to do so.Premium
THE STATUE of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp by Manfred Anson on display at the Statue of Liberty Museum, 2019.

Exhibits, marches, celebrations: How American Jewish orgs are marking 250 years of independence

The big birthday is breathing new life into old debates over religious freedom, such as the one that took place around President Donald Trump’s recent national prayer rally.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Activists make protest signs inside a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University in Washington, DC, US, May 2, 2024.

GW University investigates possible chemical attack on student-led Israel festival

The university will examine whether individuals attending the event were targeted based on their Jewish faith, it said in a statement.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Declaration of Independence of the United States. New Canaan, 1950. Featuring George Washington.

Looking back at George Washington’s 1790 letter, the root of American religious freedom

George Washington to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, and the presentation of him by artist Arthur Szyk.

|ByDAVID GEFFEN

Travel Trends: What I see in Washington

This is one city where even a smattering of American history will enhance the visit of a tourist, foreign or domestic.

JANUARY 8, 2018By BEN G. FRANK
The most conspicuous object seen from all parts of the city is the Capitol Building crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom

Inherently American to be pro-Israel

Washington’s treatment of the Jewish people was something that had a much larger affect than just on his country.

AUGUST 17, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Washington Crossing the Delaware, December 25, 1776, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851.