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Jews Fight the Ban on Rabbis as Army Chaplains

Originally posted October 21, 2011 in Immigrants’ Civil War. by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger The 65th Pennsylvania Regiment 5th Cavalry was not a “Jewish regiment.”…

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The Rabbi Who Seceded From the South

Originally Posted April 15, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Bertram Korn, rabbi and scholar of 19th century American Jewish history, observed a half century ago…

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New Civil War Historical Marker of 1862 Passover By Union Troops in Fayetteville, WV Unveiling April 3

Civil War Trails has announced that its first trail marker on Jews during the Civil War will be unveiled on April 3 in Fayetteville, West…

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New Curriculum Available on “Lincoln and the Jews”

The Shapell Foundation was the force behind a Civil War Sesquicentennial exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Lincoln’s interactions with the emerging Jewish…

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