TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zola,Gary Phillip
TI  - We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, a Documentary History
SN  - 9780809332939 (electronic bk.)
AV  - E457 
U1  - 973.7089973.7089/924 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Carbondale
PB  - Southern Illinois University Press
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Jews --United States --History -- 19th century
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Influence
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with Jews
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
KW  - United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews
KW  - Jews
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 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; Documents; 6. "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; Notes; IndexAuthor Biography; Back Cover
N2  - Over 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 c
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