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Abraham Lincoln’s Other Minority
Manage episode 124877427 series 133744
The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was known for many things, among them his humble origins, his commitment to ending slavery, his assassination exactly 150 years ago at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Less well-parsed were his relationships with Jews. And there were many such ties. Lincoln and the Jews, by Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, examines scores of documents and archival materials to show that Lincoln befriended many Jews and also worked to include them in various strata of government.
Sarna, a historian at Brandeis University, joins Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry to...
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206 episodes
Manage episode 124877427 series 133744
The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was known for many things, among them his humble origins, his commitment to ending slavery, his assassination exactly 150 years ago at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Less well-parsed were his relationships with Jews. And there were many such ties. Lincoln and the Jews, by Jonathan Sarna and Benjamin Shapell, examines scores of documents and archival materials to show that Lincoln befriended many Jews and also worked to include them in various strata of government.
Sarna, a historian at Brandeis University, joins Vox Tablet host Sara Ivry to...
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
206 episodes
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