We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, a Documentary History

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We Called Him Rabbi Abraham Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale Lincoln and American Jewry A Documentary History — edited with introductions by Gary Phillip Zola we called him rabbi abraham Copyright © 2014 by Gary Phillip Zola All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America “Abraham” by Irving Berlin copyright © 1941 by Irving Berlin; copyright renewed; International Copyright Secured; all rights reserved; reprinted in chapter 10 by permission. Excerpts from Land of Lincoln, copyright © 2007 by Andrew Ferguson; used by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.; any third-party use of this material, outside this publication, is prohibited. 17 16 15 14 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data We called him Rabbi Abraham : Lincoln and American Jewry, a documentary history / edited with introductions by Gary Phillip Zola.   pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3292-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3292-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 13: 978-0-8093-3293-9 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3293-0 (ebook) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Relations with Jews. 2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Influence. 3. Jews—United States—History—19th century. 4. United States—History— Civil War, 1861–1865—Jews. I. Zola, Gary Phillip, editor of compilation. II. Zola, Gary Phillip, editor of compilation. Abraham Lincoln and American Jewry. III. Title. E457.2.W48 2014 973.7089′924—dc232013015585 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. To my parents Roy M. Zola Estelle C. Zola Sidney Rothberg Sylvia Rothberg “We cannot escape history” —Abraham Lincoln, second annual message to Congress • To my darlings Mandi Jory Jeremy Samantha “The struggle of today . . . is for a vast future also” —Abraham Lincoln, second annual message to Congress • And to my dearest Stefi “Throughout that long period, [s]he has constantly been the most loved” —Abraham Lincoln’s eulogy on Henry Clay, 1852 ...