Talk On Civil War
Anti-Semitism
j
onathan Sarna, chief his-
torian of the new National
Museum of American
Jewish History in Philadelphia, will
kick off fall events sponsored by
Eastern Michigan University's Jewish
Studies Program.
Sarna, professor of American
Jewish History
at Brandeis
University, will
present "That
Obnoxious Order:
Ulysses S. Grant
and the Jews" at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Jonathan
Sept. 16, in the
Sarna
EMU Student
Center ballroom,
900 Oakwood, Ypsilanti.
A reception and book signing will
follow. Admission is free.
As the Civil War raged on, Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant was angry about
the unlicensed cotton trade in his
military district. This led to a decree:
"The Jews, as a class violating every
regulation of trade established by
the Treasury Department and also
department orders, are hereby
expelled"
Grant's order was one of the most
shocking and far-reaching anti-
Semitic gestures in American his-
tory. The order, however, encouraged
political action in American's Jewish
community, a community that previ-
ously avoided public attention.
Sarna will explore America's con-
flicted history, how America's Jewish
community responded to unofficial
and official gestures of anti-Semi-
tism, and how American Jews took
on Grant, one of the most powerful
military leaders in the country.
"Jonathan Sarna is perhaps
the foremost authority on Jewish
American history:' said Martin
Shichtman, professor of English and
director of EMU's Jewish Studies
Program. "His work sheds light on
America's terrible record of anti-
Semitism and on how Jews have pre-
vailed and how Jews have overcome
considerable obstacles to become
one of our nation's most vibrant
minorities:'
EMU's Jewish Studies Program
looks at the cultural and intellec-
tual gifts Jews have given the world
and focuses on the Jewish faith, its
richness, its demands as well as its
complex and fascinating relation-
ships with other religions. For more
information, contact Shichtman at
jewish.studies@emich.edu or call
(734) 487-0978.
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