Lincoln, Friends of the Jews

 The purpose of this class is to illuminate Abraham Lincoln's effect on the Jewish population of the mid 1800s that still reverberates to this day. In the last decade, primary source documents were discovered—many never before published—regarding Abraham Lincoln and his relationship to American Jewry. Abraham Lincoln befriended Jews personally when he was a young attorney and once he was president his actions and words helped build a better America for Jews. We will discover Lincoln's unusually inclusive and caring character, which stood out during this time.