Jews, the Hebrew Bible, and the American Founding https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/history-ideas/2018/01/jews-the-hebrew-bible-and-the-american-founding/

January 17, 2018 | Meir Soloveichik
About the author: Meir Soloveichik is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His website, containing all of his media appearances, podcasts, and writing, can be found at meirsoloveichik.com.

In conversation with Ben Domenech, Meir Soloveichik speaks about his own career in the rabbinate, the current threats to religious freedom in America, and the role not just of the Hebrew Bible and Judaism but also of actual Jews in shaping the vision of the Founding Fathers. Drawing on material he uses in his online course, he explains how the book of Samuel and its rabbinic interpretations influenced Thomas Paine’s seminal pamphlet Common Sense and describes the audacious letter from a Philadelphian Jew that contributed to the Constitution’s understanding of religious liberty. (Audio, 58 minutes.)

Read more on Federalist: http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/09/rabbi-meir-soloveichik-religion-jewish-ideas-american-founders/