Lincoln and the Jews: A History, by Jonathan D. Sarna, Benjamin Shapell
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One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln's death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. Lincoln and the Jews: A History provides readers both with a captivating narrative of his interactions with Jews, and with the opportunity to immerse themselves in rare manuscripts and images, many from the Shapell Lincoln Collection, that show Lincoln in a way he has never been seen before.
Lincoln's lifetime coincided with the emergence of Jews on the national scene in the United States. When he was born, in 1809, scarcely 3,000 Jews lived in the entire country. By the time of his assassination in 1865, large-scale immigration, principally from central Europe, had brought that number up to more than 150,000. Many Americans, including members of Lincoln's cabinet and many of his top generals during the Civil War, were alarmed by this development and treated Jews as second-class citizens and religious outsiders. Lincoln, this book shows, exhibited precisely the opposite tendency. He also expressed a uniquely deep knowledge of the Old Testament, employing its language and concepts in some of his most important writings. He befriended Jews from a young age, promoted Jewish equality, appointed numerous Jews to public office, had Jewish advisors and supporters starting already from the early 1850s, as well as later during his two presidential campaigns, and in response to Jewish sensitivities, even changed the way he thought and spoke about America. Through his actions and his rhetoric―replacing "Christian nation," for example, with "this nation under God"―he embraced Jews as insiders.
In this groundbreaking work, the product of meticulous research, historian Jonathan D. Sarna and collector Benjamin Shapell reveal how Lincoln's remarkable relationship with American Jews impacted both his path to the presidency and his policy decisions as president. The volume uncovers a new and previously unknown feature of Abraham Lincoln's life, one that broadened him, and, as a result, broadened America.
Lincoln and the Jews: A History, by Jonathan D. Sarna, Benjamin Shapell- Amazon Sales Rank: #225798 in Books
- Brand: Sarna, Jonathan D./ Shapell, Benjamin
- Published on: 2015-03-17
- Released on: 2015-03-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.24" h x 1.16" w x 9.35" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
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“Nothing brings history to life more vividly than handwritten letters, maps, and photographs. This book is a spectacular collection of primary documents that cast new light on Lincoln...it is a treasure.” ―DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
“With a dazzling mastery of the subject, and a compelling style that transforms a scholarly book into a page-turner, Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapell have provided nothing less than the definitive study of a long-neglected aspect of Civil War history and Lincoln biography. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this book is further elevated, and exponentially, by the prominence of hundreds of magnificent illustrations--many from the amazing Shapell archive, and quite a few of them new to this old hand at Lincoln relics and portraiture. The result is that happiest marriage of text and images: an instant classic.” ―HAROLD HOLZER, ROGER HERTOG FELLOW, NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
“This book is one of the most fascinating troves of American history and Jewish history I have ever seen. It is inexhaustibly interesting and deeply moving. Lincoln and the Jews portrays an essential chapter in the history of freedom.” ―SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
“Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapell have produced a groundbreaking and enlightening book, an accessible source for scholars and general readers alike. This new study broadens our understanding of the American Jewish experience during the Civil War. Most illuminating, though, is the book's portrayal of Abraham Lincoln, the first president to truly interact with Jews and to welcome them into leading American circles. Lincoln and the Jews is an essential addition to any library on American Jewish and U.S. history.” ―MICHAEL OREN, FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
“Elegant, edifying and entertaining. Lincoln and the Jews is a gift for Lincoln enthusiasts.” ―DANIEL STASHOWER, AUTHOR OF THE HOUR OF PERI L: THE SECRET PLOT TO MURDER LINCOLN BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
“Even Lincoln experts are likely to learn something from this fascinating and comprehensive study of the president's relationship with American Jews, which is being published to coincide with a travelling exhibition of original documents. Sarna, a preeminent historian of American Jewry, and Shapell, the founder of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, make good use of what Shapell calls "the ‘other' letters of U.S. presidents"--ones that don't present significant historical facts, but that limn the quotidian aspects of Lincoln's life, such as his recommendation of his Jewish chiropodist, Issachar Zacharie. The authors convincingly make the case that Lincoln's positive attitude toward Jews was strongly influenced by Abraham Jonas--a fellow Illinois politician, the only man Lincoln ever directly called "one of my most valued friends," and one of the first to suggest that he seek the Republican nomination for President in 1860. Jonas also warned his friend of a plot to assassinate him before his first inauguration. Images of the source material add depth and lend perspective; a page from a narrative describing Lincoln's death is stained with blood, probably the president's.” ―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED)
“A noted historian asks new questions about Abraham Lincoln... Drawing on archival sources and historical accounts, the author paints a well-delineated portrait of Lincoln as a friend and advocate of Jews before and during his political career. Heavily illustrated with images and manuscripts from the Library of Congress, many other collections and especially from the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, the book offers an enhanced perspective on Lincoln's moral and ethical decisions, as well as his personal friendships... Sarna and manuscript collector Shapell offer a vivid, fresh perspective on Lincoln's life and times.” ―KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Lincoln and the Jews is filled with rare photographs and letters that tell the story of a man who himself defied the limitations of his time, and whose strength of character altered the nation's destiny.” ―Rabbi David Wolpe, Time
“This book ensures that Lincoln's relations with American Jews, long a rather obscure aspect of his life and presidency despite all that's been written about him, will be much better known.” ―Pittsburgh Tribune
“Lincoln and the Jews is a beautiful volume, packed with fascinating official documents, letters and photos collected by Shapell over many years.” ―Cleveland Plain Dealer
About the Author
JONATHAN D. SARNA is a historian and leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion, and life. Dubbed by the Forward newspaper in 2004 as one of America's fifty most-influential American Jews, Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, and the eighteenth president of the Association for Jewish Studies. The author of hundreds of scholarly articles, Sarna may be best known for his acclaimed American Judaism: A History, winner of the Jewish Book Council's Jewish Book of the Year Award.
BENJAMIN SHAPELL is the founder of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, an independent educational organization whose collection includes original documents of world-renowned individuals. Shapell has written articles on Lincoln, other American presidents, and Mark Twain. The author also initiated and oversaw the creation of exhibitions and films relating to the central themes of the collection. The foundation has partnered in exhibitions with major institutions, including the Library of Congress, the Morgan Library & Museum, the New-York Historical Society, the National Library of Israel, and the Smithsonian Institution.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful. A very special treat By Shalom Freedman This book reveals yet another set of evidence to confirm the general contention that Abraham Lincoln is American President whose best embodied its democratic values. In detailing the story of Lincoln's connection with the Jewish community of his time, they also show what a generous, warm, fair- minded and kindly human being Lincoln was. Lincoln never indulged in a common discriminatory attitude of his time toward the Jewish community. He had a number of important Jewish friends including one Abraham Jonas who played a role in moving him toward the Presidency. He cancelled Grant's infamous decree expelling the Jews from the war zone during the Civil War.Lincoln was inspired by the Hebrew Bible throughout his life and its language and concepts inform his writings and speeches.This book is a special treat both for those who take an interest in American Jewish history and for all those who cherish the legacy of Lincoln.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. A fascinating and unique look into an unknown chapter in US and Jewish history - and the Civil War. By TV Wave A truly remarkable book! It's extremely well researched and written, and is filled with stories and anecdotes that most people have never heard of or seen (the letters, documents and other illustrations add so much to the historical record of this time period.) I happened to see the exhibit in New York last week at the NY Historical Society and learned so much about President Lincoln and his unique relationship to the Jewish people. This book has much more details and I highly recommend it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. With high quality reproductions of dozens of documents blended effectively with numerous photographs, you will savor this book. By Bookreporter In this year that marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, distinguished American Jewish historian Jonathan D. Sarna and collector Benjamin Shapell have produced a gorgeous book on an unlikely subject: the relationship between our 16th president and the Jewish people. The subject is unlikely because, as the authors note, Lincoln probably never met a Jewish person until he had reached early adulthood. Yet, as his career progressed from his first days in Illinois politics until he reached the White House, it intertwined, at key points, with significant numbers of them. Throughout, as they demonstrate, Lincoln displayed an attitude of tolerance, and even affection, for the Jewish people.Sarna and Shapell, the founder of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, marry newly discovered documents with insightful text to portray Lincoln's web of connections with Jews. His lack of formal education is well-known, but the authors point out that his extensive self-education included a deep immersion in the Hebrew Bible, describing him as perhaps America's "most biblically literate president." References to the Old Testament, they note, far outnumbered ones to the New Testament in his speeches.The authors make a persuasive case that Jewish supporters played key roles in advancing Lincoln's quest for the White House. His fellow lawyer Abraham Jonas, of Quincy, Illinois, a man Lincoln called "one of my most valued friends," was among the earliest of those promoting his candidacy. After he heard Lincoln's address at Cooper Union in New York in February 1860, New York lawyer Abram Dittenhoeffer became another ardent supporter. But not all Jews, even those who were not pro-slavery, were as enamored of the prospect of a Lincoln presidency. As Sarna and Shappell note, many of New York's Jews worked in the clothing trade and "depended for their livelihood upon Southern cotton and produced clothes destined for Southern markets." Prominent rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise described the 1860 election as "one of the greatest blunders a nation can commit."When Lincoln took office, he had the opportunity to demonstrate his broad-mindedness toward the Jewish people when that was anything but a universal sentiment. In 1862, after working with Congress to reinterpret legislation defining the qualifications for service as a chaplain that limited membership in those ranks to "a regularly ordained minister of a Christian denomination," he appointed Rev. Jacob Frankel as the first Jewish military chaplain in American history. He also named numerous Jews to the important positions of quartermasters and sutlers, whose responsibilities included housing and provisioning Union troops.The most striking example of Lincoln's disdain for anti-Jewish prejudice occurred just days after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, when he revoked General Orders 11, issued by General Ulysses S. Grant, the most prominent of the anti-Semitic generals in the Union's command. Frustrated by the persistent activity of speculators and smugglers in the Department of Tennessee, Grant's December 17, 1862 order expelled "Jews as a class" from that territory. "I do not like to hear a class or nationality condemned on account of a few sinners," Lincoln commented afterward to a group of Jewish leaders who came to thank him for his swift reversal of Grant's bigoted order.Throughout the book, Sarna and Shappell share fascinating stories of Lincoln's interactions with individual Jews. One of the most intriguing involves a chiropodist (podiatrist today) named Isaac Zacharie. Born in England, Zacharie, a man of "many mysteries," as the authors characterize him, parlayed connections with Henry Clay and other prominent politicians into an introduction to Lincoln in 1862. After treating Lincoln successfully for everything from corns to a backache, Zacharie secured a presidential appointment as an emissary to the Jewish community of New Orleans, where he engaged both in espionage and diplomatic activity that included a meeting with Judah Benjamin, the Jewish secretary of state of the Confederacy, and other Confederate leaders.In their effort to paint their sympathetic portrait, there are points when Sarna and Shapell seem to be straining to create an ever closer association between Lincoln and the Jewish people. One example of that occasional overreach includes the suggestion that the "four score and seven years" of the Gettysburg Address may have been inspired by a sermon delivered by Rabbi Sabato Morais, of Mikveh Israel Congregation in Philadelphia, on July 4, 1863. Another is the observation that Lincoln's second inaugural (whose address drew heavily on Old Testament texts) coincided with the date on the Hebrew calendar that marked the conclusion of Moses' final message to his people, as they were about to enter the Promised Land without him.LINCOLN AND THE JEWS features high quality reproductions of dozens of documents, blending them effectively with numerous photographs to enhance the text. These features make it a volume to be lingered over and savored. The book's publication coincides with a major exhibit that opened at the New-York Historical Society on March 19th and will travel to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois. If you can't experience that exhibit in person, this sumptuous book is a worthy substitute.Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.
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