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At Trump’s Christian revival on the National Mall, one rabbi made a Jewish case for America

JL;DR SUMMARY At a Christian revival dubbed Rededicate 250 on the National Mall, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, the sole Jewish speaker, made a compelling case for America's exceptionalism through a Jewish lens. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpIrving BerlinAmerican ExceptionalismJewish RefugeeSeparation Of Church And StateRabbi Meir SoloveichikJudeo Christian HeritageFaith And PatriotismChristian Revival

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Attendees listen to a military band on stage during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving, on the National Mall, on May 17."
New York, United States
"A senior scholar at the conservative Tikvah Fund and rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States, he has long argued that Americas civic ideals are aligned with traditional Judaism and biblical morality."
China
"while Trump himself spent the weekend golfing after returning from an overseas trip to China."
Germany
"He noted that God Bless America was first broadcast publicly the day after Kristallnacht, when Nazis destroyed Jewish homes and synagogues across Germany."
United States
"For Soloveichik, the connection between Judaism and American identity culminated in the Second World War."

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