Dec. 23, 2009 Please excuse the cross-posting!
Hello All! The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington has published a new book called Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City. Below is the text of the press release. Please get in touch if you'd like more information! -------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information, contact: 701 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20001, Phone: (202) 789-0900, Fax: (202) 789-0485, Email: i...@jhsgw.org Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City, a new 171-page hardcover book tells stories of Jewish life in Civil-War Washington and across the river in Alexandria. It includes text and historic images from the original exhibition of the same name and essays by experts on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and American Jewish history-all introduced by leading historian Dr. Jonathan Sarna. Other contributors include: - Harold Holzer -- "Lincoln and the Jews" - Dr. Pam Nadell - "'Giving our all to the poor soldiers:' Jewish Women in the Civil War" - Dr. John Y. Simon -- "Ulysses S. Grant and the Jews: An Unsolved Mystery" - Dr. Melvin I. Urofsky -- "Virginian Jews in the Civil War" One of the most important events in our nation's history, the Civil War forever altered American life. Washington and Alexandria were sites of intense activity. The book includes descriptions of area Jewish families and congregations and the roles they played in this pivotal moment in American history. Readers will learn about Jewish figures like Eugenia Phillips Levy, a congressman's wife who was put under house arrest for spying for the South, and Charles Liebermann, a Jewish physician who was one of the doctors called to President Abraham Lincoln's bedside after Lincoln was shot. The exhibition, Jewish Life in Mr. Lincoln's City, was mounted as part of national celebrations of Lincoln's bicentennial in 2009. It was designated an official program of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and Cultural Tourism DC's program, Living the Legacy: Lincoln in Washington, DC. The exhibition opened at Washington Hebrew Congregation and is now on display at Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria. Both of these local congregations have been in existence since the time of the Civil War. For more information about the book, visit http://www.jhsgw.org/books/civilwar.php. The book retails for $15 and is available from the Society as well as several D.C.-area bookstores and Amazon.com. Wholesale discounts for purchases of 10 or more books are available. Contact the Jewish Historical Society (information above) for more information or to make a purchase. The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and its Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum preserve, chronicle and present the story of the local Jewish community through archival collections, exhibitions, educational programs, publications and the restoration and preservation of the oldest synagogue building in the nation's capital. -------------------------------- Regards, Claire B. Uziel Assistant Archivist Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington 701 Fourth Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone: (202) 789-0900 Fax: (202) 789-0485 http://www.jhsgw.org --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
