Smithsonian Magazine

This Jewish Community in the Caribbean Smuggled Gunpowder to the Patriots During the Revolution. A British Admiral Condemned the Island as a ‘Nest of Vipers’

A new exhibition at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, in Philadelphia, spotlights the little-known ...
Opinion

Answering the call: The overlooked Jewish role in America’s revolution

Jewish merchants, artisans, and professionals rallied behind the revolutionary effort, providing supplies, raising funds, and joining local militias.
The Jewish Exponent

Revolution-era Museum Adds Jewish Exhibit

Brothers Barnard and Michael Gratz are featured prominently in the Jewish exhibit at the Museum of the American Revolution. (Courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution) About ...
The Jewish Exponent

Exhibit Highlights how Philadelphia Jews Shaped the Revolution

The Andrew Doria in St. Eustatius Harbor (United States Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command – Phillips Melville Courtesy of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish ...
Sun Sentinel

Document linking Jewish financier to American Revolution up for sale

(JTA) After 10 years on display at Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, a document penned by James Madison linking Jewish financier Haym Salomon to the American ...
The Forward

Rare document that shows contributions of Jewish financier to American Revolution up for sale

(JTA) — After 10 years on display at Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, a document penned by James Madison linking Jewish financier Haym Salomon to the American ...
Brandeis University

In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism

In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I and the failed November Revolution of 1918–19, which included many Jewish revolutionaries, the conservative government of Bavaria identified Jews ...