Forward from: Pax Tube
TIL that many American Jewish organizations believe that Abraham Lincoln had Jewish ancestry. Honestly, it would certainly check out.
“When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, whole Jewish communities sat shiva. Rabbis all over the country eulogized the fallen president. Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the man who created Reform Judaism in this country, began his eulogy with the words... "Brethren, the lamented Abraham Lincoln believed himself to be bone from our bone and flesh from our flesh. He supposed himself to be a descendant of Hebrew parentage. He said so in my presence."
https://reformjudaism.org/blog/was-abraham-lincoln-member-tribe
“When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, whole Jewish communities sat shiva. Rabbis all over the country eulogized the fallen president. Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the man who created Reform Judaism in this country, began his eulogy with the words... "Brethren, the lamented Abraham Lincoln believed himself to be bone from our bone and flesh from our flesh. He supposed himself to be a descendant of Hebrew parentage. He said so in my presence."
https://reformjudaism.org/blog/was-abraham-lincoln-member-tribe