The Children of Abraham? The Divided Maryland Jewish Community and the Civil War (A Maryland's Four Centuries Project Event)

The Jewish community split over their allegiances in the Civil War. Torn between strategies for assimilation into a new country, establishing their identity, and choosing sides in a state where both Union and Confederate were fully present. Retiring president of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Marvin Pinkert, presents a little known side of the Civil War in Maryland. Co-sponsored by Maryland 400, the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable, and the Maryland Room, in memory of Rita and Paul Gordon.