03528nam 2200577 450 991078904020332120230803201714.00-8093-3293-0(CKB)3710000000086458(EBL)1618636(SSID)ssj0001113577(PQKBManifestationID)11708960(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113577(PQKBWorkID)11167541(PQKB)11437954(MiAaPQ)EBC1618636(OCoLC)870226709(MdBmJHUP)muse34822(Au-PeEL)EBL1618636(CaPaEBR)ebr10835537(CaONFJC)MIL573722(EXLCZ)99371000000008645820140214h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWe called him Rabbi Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry, a documentary history /edited with introductions by Gary Phillip ZolaCarbondale, Illinois :Southern Illinois University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (477 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-3292-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Jacket flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations list; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry; 1. Immigrants and the Old Northwest: Lincoln's First Encounters with American Jewry; Documents; 2. "The Most Favored Family Visitor at the White House": The Enigmatic Relationship between Lincoln and Isachar Zacharie, M.D.; Documents; 3. Lincoln and the Chaplaincy Controversy; Documents; 4. Lincoln and the Revocation of General Orders No. 11; Documents; 5. Lincoln and the Movement to Christianize the U.S. Constitution; Documents6. "A Great Man in Israel Has Fallen": American Jewry Mourns LincolnDocuments; 7. Conflicting Obligations: Shavuot and the National Day of Humiliation and Mourning; Documents; 8. Criticisms and Commendations: Conflicting Views on the Lincoln Presidency; Documents; 9. Memorializing and Judaizing Lincoln; Documents; 10. "His Name Will Ever Be Green in Your Hearts": Jews and the Cultural Preservation of Lincoln's Legacy; Documents; 11. "Lincoln! Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour!" Lincoln as a Moral Compass for American Jews; Documents; 12. Lincoln Miscellany; Documents; Epilogue; NotesIndexAuthor Biography; Back CoverOver the course of American history, Jews have held many American leaders in high esteem, but they maintain a unique emotional bond with Abraham Lincoln. From the time of his presidency to the present day, American Jews have persistently viewed Lincoln as one of their own, casting him as a Jewish sojourner and, in certain respects, a Jewish role model. This pioneering compendium- The first volume of annotated documents to focus on the history of Lincoln's image, influence, and reputation among American Jews- considers how Lincoln acquired his exceptional status and how, over the past cJewsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865JewsJewsHistory973.7089/924Zola Gary Phillip1543039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789040203321We called him Rabbi Abraham3854405UNINA