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Title Jewish ideas and the American founders. Episode 1, The Yiddish letter and the declaration : the incredible story of Jonas Phillips, the first truly American Jew / produced by the Tikvah Fund
Published Lynbrook, NY : TeleTime Video, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (56 minutes)
Series The Founding of America and Jewish Ideas
Summary Jewish Ideas and the American Founders: In a series of eight enlightening and entertaining lectures, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik explores the Jewish ideas that inspired America's founding generation and helped make the United States such an exceptional home for the Jews and all religions. How these ideas influenced the Judeo Christian foundation of America. The Yiddish Letter and the Declaration: The Incredible Story of Jonas Phillips, the First Truly American Jew Rabbi Soloveichik traces the life of Jonas Phillips, a German Jew who came to America in 1756 as an indentured servant and became a dedicated patriot who fathered one of America's most important Jewish families
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 23, 2021)
In English
Subject Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803.
SUBJECT Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803. fast (OCoLC)fst01540583
Subject Jews -- United States.
Jewish families -- United States
Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Jewish families.
Jews.
SUBJECT United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139963
Subject United States.
Genre/Form lectures.
History.
Lectures.
Lectures.
Conférences.
Form Streaming video
Author Soloveichik, Meir Y., 1977- speaker.
Tikvah Fund, production company
Teletime Video, Inc., production company.
Other Titles Yiddish letter and the declaration : the incredible story of Jonas Phillips, the first truly American Jew