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To be a Jew in the Free World, Lesson 4: Dual Allegiances

Rabbi Shraga Sherman
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Lesson Four: The Jewish Vote 
In 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant signed an order expelling all Jews from the area under his command. This became a defining issue in his 1868 presidential campaign. Are Jews obliged to vote as Jews? Can our concerns as Jews conflict with our duties to our Diaspora home? Where should our first allegiance lie?

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Scholars: Rabbi Shraga Sherman
Video title: To be a Jew in the Free World, Lesson 4: Dual Allegiances
Category: In Depth, Modern, Text Base Class
Series: To be a Jew in the Free World
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