Jews, Antisemitism, and the Civil War (POSTPONED)
June 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Join Rich Rosenthal’s two-part program as he discusses the topic of Jews, Antisemitism, and the Civil War:
General Grant’s Infamous Order No. 11:
In order to enforce President Abraham Lincoln’s administration’s blockade against the Confederacy to cut off the Confederacy from all trade with the North, on December 17, 1862, Gen. Grant issued General Order No. 11, which stated: “The Jews, as a class, violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department, and also Department orders, are hereby expelled from the Department.”
Judah P. Benjamin: Brains of the Confederacy…and a Jew:
As Jefferson Davis’s right-hand man, Judah P. Benjamin was the most politically powerful and important Jew of the 19th century – he was also the most widely hated one in the North and portions of the South. Yet, he was a United States Senator; the first Jew nominated to the US Supreme Court; and served in the Confederacy as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State.
Rich Rosenthal is the President of the North Jersey Civil War Round Table and was with the pre-eminent New Jersey historian and author, John T. Cunningham, one of the founders of the North Jersey American Revolution Round Table. He has presented numerous lectures on a wide variety of historical subjects and is returning to the Eastern PA CWRT. He resides in Parsippany, NJ with his wife, Harriet, they have two daughters and three grandchildren.
