Fear No Pharaoh

Fear No Pharaoh

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Shortlisted For The National Jewish Book Awards (History)Despite Their Own Legacy Of Torment In Egypt, Jews In The U.S. Varied In Their Attitudes Toward The Slave System, Even After It Provoked Secession And Rebellion In Their New Promised Land. This Discomfiting Anomaly Has Been Probed By Scholars . . . But The Topic Has Never Been Dissected With The Depth, Panache And Feel For Character That Animate Mr. KreitnerS Revelatory Fear No Pharaoh . . . [An] Engrossing Book. Harold Holzer, The Wall Street Journala Dramatic History Of How American Jews Reckoned With SlaveryAnd Fought The Civil War.Since Ancient Times, The Jewish People Have Recalled The Story Of Exodus And Reflected On The Implications Of Having Been Slaves. Did The Tradition Teach That Jews Should Speak Out Against Slavery And Oppression Everywhere, Or Act Cautiously To Protect Themselves In A Hostile World?In Fear No Pharaoh, The Journalist And Historian Richard Kreitner Sets This Question At The Heart Of The Civil War Era. Using Original Sources, He Tells The Intertwined Stories Of Six American Jews Who Helped To Shape A Tumultuous Time, Including Judah Benjamin, The Brilliant, Secretive Lawyer Who Became Jefferson DavisS Trusted Confidante; Morris Raphall, A SwedishBorn Rabbi Who Defended Slavery As Biblically Justified; And RaphallS Rival RabbisThe Celebrated Isaac Mayer Wise, Who Urged Jews To Stay Out Of The Slavery Controversy To Avoid Attracting Attention, And David Einhorn, Whose Fiery Sermons Condemning Bondage Led To A ProSlavery Mob Threatening His Life. We Also Meet August Bondi, A Veteran Of EuropeS 1848 Revolutions, Who Fought With John Brown In Bleeding Kansas And Later In The Union Army, And The Polish migr Ernestine Rose, A Feminist, Atheist, And Abolitionist Who Championed Emancipation Of All Kinds.As He Tracks These Characters, Kreitner Illuminates The Shifting Dynamics Of Jewish Life In AmericaAnd The Debates About Religion, Morality, And Politics That Endure To This Day.

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