Thoughts on being Jewish: Was Abe Lincoln Jewish?

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Was Abe Lincoln Jewish?

I just received this email from a reporter cousin of mine - a very interesting theory! Was there a Jewish President? On the twelfth of February, 1809, nearly 200 years ago, a young, poor illiterate woman from Virginia, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, gave birth to a son, in a log cabin, built along the banks of the south fork of Nolin Creek, near what is now Hodgenville, Kentucky. That baby, whom she named Abraham, grew to become one of our greatest, and most tragic, national leaders. Lincoln was a man of... Sign in to see full entry.

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