Author Talk with Michael Auslin: The Hidden Jewish History of the Declaration of Independence

No Jews signed the Declaration of Independence, nor were any Jews delegates to the Continental Congress. Yet as the Declaration became America’s most revered symbol of freedom and equality, Jews played a unique, if often hidden, role in bringing the founding document closer to Americans. Michael Auslin, author of the recently-published book National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America, will explore the inspiring Jewish philanthropic, scholarly, cultural, and commercial efforts to preserve and popularize the Declaration as the supreme statement of the American ideal.

In partnership with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies.

This event is offered both in person and virtually. For the virtual event, click here.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michael Auslin is the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Previously, he was an associate professor of history at Yale. He wrote National Treasure as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Center and an American Heritage Partners Fellow at the Society of the Cincinnati’s American Revolution Institute. Auslin lives in Virginia and publishes a Substack, “The Patowmack Packet, on Washington, DC, past and present.”

Image credit: Promotional photos provided courtesy of the speaker.