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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Accepts Special Honor In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepted a special honor in Philadelphia on Thursday night. The National Museum of American Jewish History inducted Ginsburg into its Only in America Gallery.

CBS3 was at Independence Mall as Ginsburg was honored.

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Ginsburg is the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Ginsburg called the honor "pure joy."

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