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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

US Civil War

An image from the cover of 'The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai.' (Courtesy Melissa R. Klapper)
April 11, 2025, 12:35 pm
Slave-owning Jewish Confederate woman documents wartime Passover in newly published diary
Seen in their entirety for the first time, Emma Mordecai’s US Civil War writings paint a seemingly contradictory picture of an anti-emancipation woman who was herself a minority
By Rich Tenorio
Monticello exterior (Courtesy of PerlePress Productions)
February 17, 2022, 1:56 am
The lost story of how a Jewish family saved Thomas Jefferson’s famous home – twice
New documentary film ‘The Levys of Monticello’ shows how uncle and nephew fought antisemitism to rescue Monticello from ruin and preserve it for future generations to enjoy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The removal of a bronze figure of a Confederate soldier known as “At Ready” in Charlottesville, Virginia, September 13, 2020. (Screengrab: The National Desk via Facebook)
September 13, 2020, 2:42 pm
Charlottesville removes Confederate statue near site of 2017 far-right rally
Statue of soldier known as ‘At Ready’ taken down; legal battle continues over statue of Robert E. Lee that neo-Nazi groups said they were defending
By AP
A crowd gathers outside the Astor Theater on Broadway during the premiere of 'Gone With the Wind' in New York, December 19, 1939. (AP Photo)
June 11, 2020, 1:47 pm
HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ over depiction of slavery
Network owner WarnerMedia says film a ‘product of its time’ that depicts racial prejudices, will be brought back with historical context added
By Jake Coyle
A convoy of US forces armoured vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
December 21, 2018, 7:59 am
Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil
US president’s surprise announcement plunges volatile region into profound uncertainty, leaving America’s Kurdish allies in the lurch
By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb
Illustrative image of memorial to Confederate soldiers outside Bastrop County, TX, Courthouse. (CC BY-SA Billy Hathorn, Wikimedia commons)
September 30, 2017, 9:23 pm
Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up
Supporters of new monuments reject criticism they are racist, say they are meant to preserve their history
By JEFF MARTIN and brynn anderson
Members of the KKK are escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
August 12, 2017, 11:39 am
Secessionists push for South to break away from US again
Renewed calls for a ‘White Man’s Land’ come amid drive to remove Confederate memorials and symbols
By JAY REEVES
This file photo taken on July 17, 2015, shows Ku Klux Klan members staging a demonstration at the state house building in Columbia, South Carolina. (AFP/Getty Images North America/John Moore)
July 8, 2017, 9:52 am
Virginia town girds for KKK march
Supporters of white supremacist group to protest planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
By Sébastien BLANC
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