Jews and the American Revolution

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, this episode explores the roles that Jews played in the American Revolution and the new world of opportunity that opened for them afterward. From merchants who financed and supplied the Patriot cause to the first Jew killed in the American Revolutionary War, guest scholars Jonathan Sarna, Michael Hoberman, and Abby Meyer, along with host Jeremy Shere, explore the lives of colonial Jewish communities.