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David P Rosenberg

The American Jewish chaplain experience: historical perspectives

by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History

Many things come to the minds of Americans when they think of Abraham Lincoln: the story of the apple tree and the nickname “honest Abe,” the address at Gettysburg, the Emancipation Proclamation. One thing that may not immediately come to mind is the fight for religious freedom that Lincoln fought amidst…

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

by David P. Rosenberg, Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History

Today marks seventy years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that hurled America into the Second World War. 

According to the Encyclopedia Judaica, Jews’ service to the United States armed forces started with militia duty during the Colonial era. “A considerable number of Jews volunteered for the…

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