Join us for a virtual lunch and learn event with historian and Brandeis University Professor Jonathan D. Sarna will speak on his book Lincoln and the Jews: A History. Dr. Sarna will illustrate how Lincoln admired, consulted with, appointed to office, and defended Jewish Americans during his presidency. Historian William Bartelt, author of There I Grew Up: Remembering Abraham Lincoln’s Youth (IHS Press) will offer introductory comments on how Lincoln’s Indiana boyhood shaped his presidency.
Free. Registration required.
Presented in partnership with the Indiana Jewish Historical Society.