For many, it is an absurd question. Actually, for “experts,” it is a question not even worth discussing.

Yet, it is a true story that the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) has been trying to advance for nearly a decade. Only now, because of an exhibition that opened at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia on April 22, is the answer gaining traction.

In the past few days, a flood of articles has come out in the media, especially the Jewish media, that ask the question, Did the Jews Save the American Revolution. The question is not quite as ridiculous as before.

So…how did the Jews save the American Revolution?

Haym Salomon comes to mind. He was a big factor, but he did not save the American Revolution. After the American victory, the new government left him in bankruptcy without even a thank you or a gravesite. He died in abject poverty.

The Jews did not save the American Revolution. Antisemitism saved the American Revolution.

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Saint Eustatius is a tiny pimple-looking island when seen from the air. Its key topographical point is the Quill – a volcano jutting up from the ocean, making the island visible.

In the 18th century, Saint Eustatius belonged to the “neutral” Dutch. It was one of a handful of Dutch Islands that acted as “free ports” in the American War. American ships could come in and obtain war materials. In the early years of the revolution, France was neutral. France did not permit American ships to buy weaponry. The Dutch were more interested in money than anything else. Saint Eustatius became the armory of the American Revolution, and the British could not touch it without starting another........

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