1620-2020: 400th Anniversary of the US-Israel Kinship

By Yoram Ettinger

The 400-year-old roots eclipse the political beltway of Washington, DC, transcend the pertinent role of the Jewish community and are deeper than geo-strategic considerations and formal agreements. They precede the 1776 US Declaration of Independence and the 1948 founding of Israel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yoram Ettinger
• Release date: Mar 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463554722

Yoram Ettinger

Ambassador (ret.) Ettinger, the CEO of "Second Thought: A US-Israel Initiative," (www.TheEttingerReport.com) is an insider on US-Israel relations, Mideast politics and overseas investments in Israel's high tech.He is a consultant to members of Israel’s Cabinet and Knesset, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff on the threat of a nuclear Iran, Israel’s contribution to vital US interests, on the Palestinian issue, on the root causes of international terrorism and on other issues of bilateral concern.Ambassador (ret.) Ettinger's OpEds have been published in Israel and in the US, and he has been interviewed on Israel's and US’ TV and radio.A graduate of UCLA and the University of Texas at El Paso, Ambassador (ret.) Ettinger served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel's Embassy in Washington, Israel's Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel's Government Press Office.

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1620-2020

400th Anniversary

of the US-Israel Kinship

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | The Ettinger Report

Jerusalem, Israel | Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative

What brought Moses and the Ten Commandments to the US House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Justice Department and National Archives?

Table of Contents

The Early Pilgrims and the Modern Day Exodus

The Hebrew language embraced by the US intelligentsia

The Founding Fathers, the Ten Commandments and the Bible

The Abolitionist anti-slavery movement inspired by Moses

400 years of US identification with the Jewish State

Modern day Presidents highlight the Bible

Biblical footprints in modern day USA

The US civil religion

The lasting US-Israel Kinship

The Early Pilgrims and the Modern Day Exodus

The seeds of US civic culture and the unique US-Israel ties were planted in 1620 by the 102 Mayflower passengers, who landed at Plymouth Rock in the New World.

These passengers were inspired by the Old Testament, referring to King James I as the Modern Day Pharaoh; their departure from England as the Modern Day Exodus; the sailing across the Atlantic Ocean as the Modern Day Parting of the Sea; and the New World as the Modern Day Promised Land, the New Canaan and the New Israel. They considered themselves the Modern Day Chosen People.