article_snippet: (CNN)The story of the Jews in the United States is a testament to "American exceptionalism" and stands in contrast to a long history of discrimination and pariah status in Europe and Muslim lands.
article_snippet: In fact, the economic prosperity and social standing of America's Jews shows that generally the economic prosperity and social standing of America's Jews have fared better than many other minorities.
article_snippet: This positive record is a fulfillment of the assurance given to the Newport, Rhode Island, Hebrew Congregation in 1790 by President George Washington:
article_snippet: Since then, America's Jews have been appointed and elected to public offices as governors, senators, mayors, Cabinet officers and in the military, and today, most American adults are unaware of and don't seem to care who's Jewish.
article_snippet: A century ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis asserted: "Zionism is the Pilgrim inspiration and impulse all over again ... to be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists.
article_snippet: But history has taught us what begins with the Jews doesn't end with the Jews.