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When Abraham Lincoln Intervened on Behalf of American Jews

One hundred sixty years ago, on the morning of April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., from a single bullet to the head shot by John Wilkes Booth the night before. The assassination of America’s 16th president climaxed the four-year Civil War between the United States and 11 of

The Lost Seder Plates: A Glimpse of a Vanished Jewish World

Treuchtlingen, Bavaria. The year is 1928 and a quiet Seder is being held in the home of Siegfried Meyer, head of the town’s small Jewish community. The family is gathered around a lavish holiday table, with a magnificent, ornate Seder plate at its center—the pride of the family. About 14 year

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