The antisemitic history of the Union Army and the US civil war - opinion
Sadly, even as many Jewish soldiers became American by serving in the Union army, the Civil War produced a range of pernicious ideas about Jews that have proven remarkably durable.
An 1877 cartoon from the satirical newspaper Puck illustrates the antisemitic practices of the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga, New York. The cartoon compares the corrupt gentile clients favored by the hotel, center, with respectable (albeit stereotypical) Jewish figures, including Jesus.(photo credit: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)ByADAM MENDELSOHN/JTAUpdated:
