America’s 250th birthday arrives at a time when things have been especially lousy for Jews. But gratitude is a great Jewish value, so we’ve created a very special birthday present: an e-book with 250 reasons to be grateful for America.
We are two Jews in love with America. We’re also friends. We’re also writers.
We bond over many things, one of them being an aversion to whining.
We can always find reasons to whine about anything. There are a million reasons, for example, to whine about America, just as there are a million reasons to whine about France, Spain, Israel or Greece.
Given that America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, we thought we’d offer you a whine-free zone and share 250 of our favorite reasons to be thankful for America
We picked reasons that move us. You’ll have your own. The point is not to have an exhaustive list but to take a time-out to thank our country.
You can read about America’s faults everywhere.
In this book you’ll find nothing but gratitude, sometimes hard-earned, always well-deserved.
That is our birthday present, 250 years in the making.
There is a benefit of roasting food on skewers, à la shish kebab. By cutting meat and vegetables into smaller uniform pieces, the marinade coats more and the food cooks evenly.
The tight relationship between Trump and Netanyahu masks the real debate over Israel churning in the Republican Party, and Israel’s standing among Democrats has never been lower.
Some emphasized the importance of combating antisemitism and protecting Jewish safety, while others called for political engagement and cooperation across party lines.
So here we are, stuck with just a few bad options to consider. And that’s just the political superposition of undetermined future – alongside it there’s also the possible – probable? – war with Iran.
At a time when Jewish education is competing for attention in a world dominated by screens, sports, short-form videos and endless streams of content, these easily collectable cards offer a different kind of engagement.
There is little chance that the combination of a weakened Trump and an emboldened Democratic Congress produces similar levels of support for aggressive action against Iran and its proxies, and other policies that a wide spectrum of Israelis see as crucial to their security.
In the diaspora and in Israel, we cannot turn back the clock and undo the harm that was done to us. But we can shape our own future. Israel is strong and resolute. So must we be.
Democrats who were long considered “moderates” or even pro-Israel have been signaling over the course of the last year that they can no longer be relied upon to back a Jewish state under assault by Iran and its terrorist proxies.
The Torah offers a comforting view of a life beyond this life. We aren’t told what it will be exactly — yes, it’s abstract and vague — but we are told it’s waiting for us as it was for Abraham.
250 Reasons to Thank America
Gil Troy and David Suissa
We are two Jews in love with America. We’re also friends. We’re also writers.
We bond over many things, one of them being an aversion to whining.
We can always find reasons to whine about anything. There are a million reasons, for example, to whine about America, just as there are a million reasons to whine about France, Spain, Israel or Greece.
Given that America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, we thought we’d offer you a whine-free zone and share 250 of our favorite reasons to be thankful for America
We picked reasons that move us. You’ll have your own. The point is not to have an exhaustive list but to take a time-out to thank our country.
You can read about America’s faults everywhere.
In this book you’ll find nothing but gratitude, sometimes hard-earned, always well-deserved.
That is our birthday present, 250 years in the making.
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