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Amy Gutmann’s American Story
Last week at the Weitzman Museum of Jewish History, the former Penn president and U.S. Ambassador to Germany reminded us what it takes to repair the breach.
“My family story, at its core, is an American story, where the only thing separating a refugee scrap metal dealer and an Ivy League president and U.S. ambassador is — you know it — one generation.”
For all those who scoff at the notion of American exceptionalism, you should have heard Amy Gutmann’s address last week at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. The former Penn president and U.S. Ambassador to Germany — the country her father’s family fled in 1937 — was there to accept the “Only In America” award.
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