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

by Adam Jortner

A new history that centers Judaism at the dawn of the United States

Jews played a critical role both in winning the American Revolution--fighting for the Patriot cause from Bunker Hill to Yorktown--and in defining the republic that was created from it. As the most visible non-Christian religion, Judaism was central to the debate over religious freedom in America at a critical juncture. During the war every city with a synagogue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197536867
• ISBN13: 9780197536865
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"