The second half of episode continues with a benevolent organization bent on "meliorating" Jews by converting them to Christianity. Could Judaism cultivate the morality essential for citizenship? The society converted few Jews but raised a lot of money to do so.
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In episode 2 we start in the early nineteenth century. The place of Jews as citizens is formally ambiguous: some state constitutions have test oaths that might bar them from office. We tell the story of Jacob Henry in the Maryland legislature.

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The second half of episode 1 takes us back in time to Newport, RI, where George Washington is visiting. The Jews of Newport petition for their rights, and Washington affirms them. We will see Jews claiming the full rights of citizens many times in the show.
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Episode 1 starts in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, scene of a mass shooting of Jews in 2018. We start by talking to @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social about the murderer's belief in an anti-immigrant conspiracy theory and its connection to antisemitism.

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The scholarship on the Bible in the United States is truly voluminous. If you want some pointers, you can find lots of great books in this bibliography. americaspublicbible.supdigital.org/essay/biblio...

My conclusion was that the Bible was a common text, but it was so contested that there was no single discernible pattern for what it meant. The people who used the Bible couldn't agree about what it meant. More here: americaspublicbible.supdigital.org/essay/introd...