Oh Charlie -“Rabbis Bernard Illowy, at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, and Rabbi Morris Raphall, and B’nai Jeshurun in New York, were probably the two leading orthodox rabbis in the US as of 1861. They both made sermons early that year that enthusiastically supported slavery and the Southern Cause.”
Thank you for telling e/o.
I didn’t know that there were Frum Rabbis at that time that Stood up for the Torah!
Could you post the Excerpts?
“Both those two congregations would cease to be orthodox within 20 years.”
That’s irrelevant!
Most congregations in the US became more & more lenient.
That was the result from the Reformers.
From first Orthodox > Conservative > Reform.
Now we have other things, Reconstructive, etc.
I don’t understand why they use the Name “Jew”.
Even Reform Cong. are Mostly Non-Jews!