‘Saving’ the best Lincoln for last

Published on February 15, 2013

It’s a good time to be Abraham Lincoln, Hollywood star.

A fascination with Abraham Lincoln

Published on November 14, 2012

Filmmaker Salvador Litvak has been trying to make a movie about Abraham Lincoln for 12 years, a dream that was finally realized with the completion of his independent film “Saving Lincoln.”

The first Jewish president? Lincoln, in the Abrahamic tradition

By Tom Teicholz
Published on November 14, 2012

Abraham Lincoln has been dead for almost 150 years, yet suddenly he’s everywhere. At the Skirball Cultural Center, you can see an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Lincoln, amid an impressive array of founding American documents.

‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ vs. ‘Golda Meir: Vampire Hunter’

By Jay Firestone
Published on June 22, 2012

Collecting Lincoln: The making of a national treasure

Published on February 15, 2011

On Presidents Day, while remembering Washington and Lincoln, perhaps take a minute as well for Stern. Little known outside of bibliophiles and Civil War buffs, one of the greatest private collectors of works about Abraham Lincoln was a Jewish clothing manufacturer executive from Chicago named Alfred Whital Stern. About three score and one year ago, in 1950, a world of time before shows such as “Antique Road Show” brought collecting to the public’s attention, and films such as “National Treasure,” put Americana in vogue, Stern donated his world-class collection of rare Lincoln books, papers and memorabilia to the Library of Congress.

Kushner’s (old) testament to Lincoln

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 25, 2007

Interview with playwright Tony Kushner.

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on February 10, 2005

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy." – Abraham Lincoln