01:04 AM • July 04 2026 IDT
The gift Jews gave to America on its 100th birthday in 1876
The poem, 'Minchat Yehudah,' which honored America's centennial, was written in Hebrew by Moses Aaron Schreiber
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On the eve of July 4, 1876, a New York broadside marked America's centennial with something extraordinary: the first Hebrew poem to probe the essence of America. The poem, which appeared with an English translation, creates a fascinating encounter between a new nation brought forth upon a new land and an ancient nation without a land of its own.
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