America鈥檚 250th birthday arrives at a time when things have been especially lousy for Jews. But gratitude is a great 91传媒 value, so we鈥檝e created a very special birthday present: an e-book with 250 reasons to be grateful for America.
We are two Jews in love with America. We鈥檙e also friends. We鈥檙e also writers.
We bond over many things, one of them being an aversion to whining.
We can always find reasons to whine about anything. There are a million reasons, for example, to whine about America, just as there are a million reasons to whine about France, Spain, Israel or Greece.
Given that America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, we thought we鈥檇 offer you a whine-free zone and share 250 of our favorite reasons to be thankful for America
We picked reasons that move us. You鈥檒l have your own. The point is not to have an exhaustive list but to take a time-out to thank our country.
You can read about America鈥檚 faults everywhere.
In this book you鈥檒l find nothing but gratitude, sometimes hard-earned, always well-deserved.
That is our birthday present, 250 years in the making.
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250 Reasons to Thank America
Gil Troy and David Suissa
We are two Jews in love with America. We鈥檙e also friends. We鈥檙e also writers.
We bond over many things, one of them being an aversion to whining.
We can always find reasons to whine about anything. There are a million reasons, for example, to whine about America, just as there are a million reasons to whine about France, Spain, Israel or Greece.
Given that America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year, we thought we鈥檇 offer you a whine-free zone and share 250 of our favorite reasons to be thankful for America
We picked reasons that move us. You鈥檒l have your own. The point is not to have an exhaustive list but to take a time-out to thank our country.
You can read about America鈥檚 faults everywhere.
In this book you鈥檒l find nothing but gratitude, sometimes hard-earned, always well-deserved.
That is our birthday present, 250 years in the making.
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