A portrait of Jonas Phillips. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of the American Revolution and the American Jewish Historical Society) In the summer of 1776, Philadelphia was in the process of changing ...

The Weitzman Will Launch New Special Exhibition Space for Semiquincentennial Commemoration; Telling Stories of Jewish Contribution and Struggle During the Revolution, Featuring Rare Artifacts from ...

Jonas Phillips was a Jewish merchant in Philadelphia whose letters and advocacy shaped America’s ideals of religious freedom.

In December 1778, as the American Revolution still raged, a Jewish writer in Charlestown opened a newspaper and saw Jews made ...

This Jewish merchant in Philadelphia shaped America's ideals of religious freedom. Jonas Phillips was a Jewish merchant in Philadelphia whose letters and advocacy shaped America's ideals of religious ...