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Scott here with another episode of the History Unplugged podcast.

The first Jewish man to hold a cabinet-level position in North America was Judah Benjamin, who became Secretary of State in 1862.

What's interesting is that he didn't serve the U.S. government, but the Confederate states of America.

Judah Benjamin was one of thousands of Jewish southerners who fought for the Confederacy,

whether as soldiers or politicians.

They were part of a Jewish southern community that existed since colonial times,

numbered over 100,000 by the Civil War.

Although they were less than 1% of the population of the Old South,

they were largely integrated and many middle class and upper class

owned slaves. One such example is Emma Mordecai, a resident of Richmond, who affirmed to maintain

her dedication to Jewish religious practice, but lived well within the social parameters for

southern women. Today's episode, we're going to be looking at her civil war experiences,

her daily life, how she fled to a family farm, even though it was only five miles away from Richmond and

very close to the action, and she could hear cannon fire all the time, what happened to her

after the war was over with the loss of her home, the emancipation of her family slaves,

and what her identity meant in a rapidly changing American South. Today's guest is Melissa Clapper, who, with Diane

Ashton, edited Emma Mordecai's Civil War Diary, and the name of that book is the Civil War

Diary of Emma Mordecai. Hope you enjoy this discussion. And one more thing before we get started

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