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  • Cover; Jacket flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations list; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry; 1. Immigrants and the Old Northwest: Lincoln's First Encounters with American Jewry; Documents; 2. "The Most Favored Family Visitor at the White House": The Enigmatic Relationship between Lincoln and Isachar Zacharie, M.D.; Documents; 3. Lincoln and the Chaplaincy Controversy; Documents; 4. Lincoln and the Revocation of General Orders No. 11; Documents; 5. Lincoln and the Movement to Christianize the U.S. Constitution; Documents.
  • 6. "A Great Man in Israel Has Fallen": American Jewry Mourns LincolnDocuments; 7. Conflicting Obligations: Shavuot and the National Day of Humiliation and Mourning; Documents; 8. Criticisms and Commendations: Conflicting Views on the Lincoln Presidency; Documents; 9. Memorializing and Judaizing Lincoln; Documents; 10. "His Name Will Ever Be Green in Your Hearts": Jews and the Cultural Preservation of Lincoln's Legacy; Documents; 11. "Lincoln! Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour!" Lincoln as a Moral Compass for American Jews; Documents; 12. Lincoln Miscellany; Documents; Epilogue; Notes.
  • IndexAuthor Biography; Back Cover.