Israelis Support Equal Rights for Reform and Conservative Jews – but Want U.S. Jews to Keep Their Mouths Shut
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Special Haaretz July 4 poll shows overwhelming confidence in Israel-U.S. alliance but less approval for Donald Trump than might be expected
By: Chemi Shalev
The origin of the phrase “In God We Trust” is in the fourth stanza of “The Star Spangled Banner.” During the Civil War, the United States Mint began engraving the motto on its coins, testament to the justice of the Northern cause against the rebellious South. Close to a century later, on July 30, 1956, at the height of the Cold War and in response to “godless communism,” President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the law that turned “In God We Trust” into the official motto of the United States. Since then, it has appeared on all the bills produced by the U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
A special Haaretz pol...