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LeChaim America is a project of Reut USA that inspires and supports American Jewry to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. These celebrations will be an expression of gratitude to the U.S. for being a home to one of the greatest Jewish communities in history and a long-standing ally of the State of Israel. ​LeChaim American includes three efforts:
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Celebrating America’s Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) in a distinctly Jewish way that is connected to Israel.
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Todah America: A special communal “gift” from American Jewry to the American people.
About the Semiquincentennial
Every fifty years, the United States holds grand celebrations. Such celebrations were held in 1826 (“the Jubilee”), 1876 (“the Centennial”), 1926 (“the Sesquicentennial”), and 1976 (“the Bicentennial”). In 2026, the U.S. will celebrate its 250th anniversary, also known as the Semiquincentennial. ​While the highlight of the Semiquincentennial will be on July 4, 2026, thousands of events will take place over two years from June 2025 until July 4, 2027, in every state, city, and community. Click here to learn more.
About Todah America
In every Jubilee celebration, the U.S. receives gifts and tributes from foreign governments and civic organizations. For example, in the Bicentennial in 1976, the U.S. received some 176 gifts and tributes from ~40 nations, including 12 from the U.K. and 4 from Israel. Our favorite gift by a civic organization was 1,000,000 bulbs of tulips from the Association of Flower Growers in the Netherlands, which were planted in cities across America.
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Against this backdrop, Todah America will be a communal people-to-people gift to the American people, which will come from Israel and be delivered by local Jewish communities expressing gratitude for the exceptional history of American Jewry in the U.S. and for the strategic alliance between the U.S. and Israel.
About Reut USA
​​Reut USA is an American nonprofit (501(c)3 organization) that is a sibling organization of Israel’s Reut Group. Reut USA is a think-tank and leadership group, as well as the owner of TOM Global, which is an international humanitarian venture designed to help vulnerable populations through innovation in technology and design. Le’Chaim America, Todah America, and A Decade of Renewal are three efforts of Reut USA that master its think-tank, leadership, and grassroots capabilities.
Gidi Grinstein
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Gidi Grinstein is the founder and president of Reut USA, and also the Founder and President of Israel’s Reut Group. Since 2012, Gidi and the Reut Group have focused on Israel-U.S. relations and on Israel’s relations with American Jewry through a series of efforts (see under More). Gidi is the author of Flexigidity: The Secret of Jewish Adaptability (Amazon) and of numerous articles and policy papers in these areas. He is also the host of the Flexigidity Podcast (YouTube; Spotify; Apple) that deals with the condition and direction of American Jewry.
Flexigidity Podcast
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Gidi Grinstein hosts the Flexigility Podcast (YouTube; Spotify; Apple), where he discusses the condition and direction of American Jewry. As of October 2025, the Flexigidity Podcast covered the rise of American Jewry with Prof. Jonathan Sarna; the federation system with Dr. John Ruskay; venture philanthropy with Dr. Jeff Solomon; Jewish Statecraft with Amb. Dr. Dennis Ross and Jewish peoplehood with Avraham Infeld. Listen to the podcast here.
Our Team​
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The Reut USA team that leads Le’Chaim America, Todah American, and
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Edun Sela, CEO of Reut USA
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Ilay Kielmanowicz, a graduate student in history at Columbia University and the London School of Economics
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