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b'This month, Jewish communities across the country celebrate Passover, a holiday that marks the end of the Israelites\\u2019 enslavement by the Egyptians. Only about 2% of the U.S. population is Jewish, but the influence of American Jews far outweighs their relatively small demographic size. In this episode of BackStory, the Guys explore the history of Judaism in America, from George Washington\\u2019s famous letter to the Jewish congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, to efforts to establish a Jewish city of refuge, near Buffalo, New York in the l820\\u2019s, and the importance of delis in Jewish American culture.\\n
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