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The codename "True Promise" was first used during Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel on the night of April 13-14, 2024 ...
On one hand, the argument of Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched and unsparingly honest “Fear No Pharaoh” — that the 150,000 Jews in America at the time of the Civil War had a range of ...
JUDAH P. BENJAMIN—Robert Douthat Meade—Oxford ($3.75). The man whom Abraham Lincoln called the smartest of the Confederate civil leaders is no more familiar to most U.S. readers than Felix ...
Judah Mackey (Connor, Y&R) checked in with Digest about his Genoa City life and important new storyline. What’s your favorite part about working on Y&R? “I’m proud to be a part of such an ...
As Florida celebrates Emancipation Day on May 20, a descendant of an enslaved laborer at Gamble Plantation calls for a more balanced version of history.
Quiggle, President of John B. Gordon chapter 383 UDC, presented a program about Judah P. Benjamin. He was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet-level office in an American government.
Quiggle, President of John B. Gordon chapter 383 UDC, presented a program about Judah P. Benjamin. He was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet-level office in an American government.
Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884), a fanatical southern patriot best known for his various roles as President Jefferson Davis’s second-in-command, was at once one of the most prominent and one ...
DOUBLE lives are decried, but Judah P. Benjamin lived his in sequence. A lawyer of consummate ability, born in the West Indies under the British flag, he became Attorney General, head of the War ...
Benjamin was not the first U.S. Senator of Jewish heritage to serve in the Senate. David Levy Yulee of Florida was, but Levy Yulee had converted to Christianity; Judah Benjamin never converted.