Esteemed safranyot and safranim, you cordially invited to the events below.
1. SHOULD JEWS FORGIVE GENERAL GRANT?, a lecture by Jonathan D. Sarna Thursday, February 7, 2013 6:30 PM – 8 PM Temple Emanu-El, One East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 No Admission Charge Phone Reservation Required 212 744-1400 ext. 362 Directions and Parking Information at http://www.emanuelnyc.org/simple.php/about_directions DR. JONATHAN SARNA, author of When General Grant Expelled the Jews, will discuss the most egregious act of official antisemitism in United States history and the historical and personal circumstances that led to the infamous General Order #1 as well as the political and personal consequences for Grant. But does President Grant’s reputation deserve to rest solely on this act? 2. EMANU-EL READS MOVIE NIGHT! Wednesday, February 20, 2013 • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Temple Emanu-El, One East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 No Admission Charge Phone Reservation Required 212 744-1400 ext. 362 Directions and Parking Information at http://www.emanuelnyc.org/simple.php/about_directions COINCIDING WITH THE 150th anniversary of the Civil War, JEWISH SOLDIERS IN BLUE & GRAY is a first-of-its-kind film that reveals the little-known struggles facing American Jews both in battle and on the home front during the nation’s deadliest war. This documentary reveals an unknown chapter in American history when allegiances during the War Between the States deeply split the Jewish community. It examines a time when approximately 10,000 Jewish soldiers fought on both sides: 7,000 Union and 3,000 Confederate. And we expose General Ulysses Grant’s controversial decision to expel all Jews from his territory. The film also tells the stories of President Lincoln’s Jewish doctor serving as a spy in the South and how five Union Jewish soldiers received the Congressional Medal of Honor. 3. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE JEWS, a lecture by Gary Phillip Zola Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:30 - 8PM Temple Emanu-El, One East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 No Admission Charge Phone Reservation Required 212 744-1400 ext. 362 Directions and Parking Information at http://www.emanuelnyc.org/simple.php/about_directions ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS regarded by many historians as America’s greatest president. But was he also “good for the Jews”? Historian GARY P. ZOLA will discuss his new book, He Was Like One of Us: Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry on Lincoln’s fateful relationship with American Jews. Dr. Zola will explain how and why Lincoln became enshrined in the collective memory of the American Jewish community as “one of our own.” GARY P. ZOLA is executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) and professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati Additional information may be found on Temple Emanu-El's website: www.emanuelnyc.org
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