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Lesson 7 of 8·Jews and the Civil War

Lincoln, Moses, and America

Upon Lincoln's assassination, the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher compared Lincoln to the greatest Israelite in history: Moses. In this final lecture, we will examine what Moses meant to American history in general, and to Jews and Christians during the Civil War in particular.

Taught By

Meir Soloveichik
Meir Soloveichik is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His website, containing all of his media appearances, podcasts, and writing, can be found at meirsoloveichik.com.

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