For the sixteenth president, freedom was something holy.
Abolitionism wasn’t welcoming to Jewish sympathizers.
Exiled from Portugal to Saõ Tomé.
Defending God’s honor and cultivating human sensibilities.
Today, America needs that message more than ever.
Without the protection of a sovereign state, Jewish slaves were subject to cruelty and extortion.
Judah P. Benjamin, an Israelite with Egyptian principles.
Samson Raphael Hirsch wades into an intra-Christian controversy.
Kowtowing to Louis Farrakhan.
An antidote to current debates.
It now has a small but flourishing Jewish community.
And fought the slave trade.
The death of God is greatly exaggerated.