The Jewish Confederates(English, Hardcover, Rosen Robert N.)

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The Jewish Confederates(English, Hardcover, Rosen Robert N.) is written by Rosen Robert N. and published by University of South Carolina Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1570033633 (ISBN 10) and 9781570033636 (ISBN 13).

A native of Charleston, SC, Rosen (Confederate Charleston: An Illustrated History of the Place and the People During the Civil War) uses his own background and experience to recount the lives of Southern Jews from the 1700s until well after the Civil War. Loyal Southerners, the Jews accepted living in a slaveholding society, and their young men flocked to enlist when war came. The author delves into the lives of a number of prominent individuals and families, among them two U.S. senators, Judah Philip Benjamin of Louisiana and David Levy Yulee of Florida. The experiences of many other enlisted men, officers, nurses, politicians, rabbis, doctors, and businessmen are also chronicled. Rosen also explains why so many Jews chose the South as their home and why they remained loyal to it, arguing that Southern society and the Confederate army and navy may have been more tolerant of Jews than the North.