By Mark D. Zimmerman
MELVILLE, New York — President Abraham Lincoln sent a Jewish man, Issachar Zacharie, as an emissary to New Orleans to promote loyalty to the Union and to spy on Confederate troop movements. How did Lincoln know Zacharie?
A. Zacharie was an attorney who gave Lincoln his first job in Springfield in 1836 after Lincoln was admitted to the bar.
B. Zacharie was a banker who provided funding for Lincoln’s presidential campaign in 1860.
C. Zacharie was a barber who removed hair from Lincon’s face.
D. Zacharie was a podiatrist who removed corns from Lincoln’s feet.
E. Zacharie was a mohel who removed, well, you know what, from Lincoln’s sons Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas, a practice that was common among non-Jews as well as Jews.
B. Zacharie was a banker who provided funding for Lincoln’s presidential campaign in 1860.
C. Zacharie was a barber who removed hair from Lincon’s face.
D. Zacharie was a podiatrist who removed corns from Lincoln’s feet.
E. Zacharie was a mohel who removed, well, you know what, from Lincoln’s sons Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas, a practice that was common among non-Jews as well as Jews.
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Mark D. Zimmerman is the author of Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at rrrjewishtrivia.com.
Mark D. Zimmerman is the author of Rashi, Rambam and Ramalamadingdong series of Jewish trivia e-books. Learn more at rrrjewishtrivia.com.