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Abraham Lincoln and the Shavuot Controversy of 1865
Ari Lamm
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Tablet
· 26 May 2020
In the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, a religious controversy arose when President Andrew Johnson declared a day of mourning that coincided with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.