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‘The First Salute:’ An Obscure Jewish Revolutionary War Story

JL;DR SUMMARY A new exhibition at Philadelphia's Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History titled "The First Salute" explores the significant yet overlooked involvement of a Jewish community on St. Eustatius in the American Revolution. 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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Jewish HistorySephardic JewsReligious FreedomJewish ContributionsAmerican RevolutionLibertyWeitzman Museum250th AnniversarySt. EustatiusAdmiral George Rodney

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution, a landmark new exhibition at Philadelphias Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History, has all the elements of a great American story."

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