# Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution - Liberty 250® Lecture

Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution - Liberty 250® Lecture at Fraunces Tavern Museum, Monday 2 November 2026, 18:30.

- Price: $10
- Venue: Fraunces Tavern Museum, Pearl Street 54, 10004 New York
- With: Zachary Edinger
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- Go to page: https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/zachary-edinger-lecture

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A Liberty 250® lecture at Fraunces Tavern Museum titled "Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution", held in person and via Zoom. It is given by Zachary Edinger, Sexton (Shamash) of Congregation Shearith Israel, who cares for the congregation's historic collections. The talk explores how New York's small Jewish community experienced the American Revolution, how families were divided between Patriots and Loyalists, and how the synagogue continued under British occupation. It also examines how, after 1783, Shearith Israel reshaped its identity around republican ideals while keeping its Sephardic traditions, as Jews came to see themselves as equal participants in American civic life.

## Dates

- Monday 2 November 18:30 — Fraunces Tavern Museum

Written by a model, sources: [frauncestavernmuseum.org](https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/zachary-edinger-lecture)

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