The untold story of the founding father\'s likely Jewish birth and upbringing--and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton , Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and raised Jewish.
His books include The Devil Himself: A Tale of Honor, Insanity, and the Birth of Modern America ..
About author(s): Andrew Porwancher is the Wick Cary Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma.
By setting Hamilton in the context of his Jewish World for the first time, this fascinating book challenges us to rethink the life and legend of America\'s most enigmatic founder.
In a new nation torn between democratic promises and discriminatory practices, Hamilton fought for a republic in which Jew and Gentile would stand as equals.
And his efforts are all the more striking given the pernicious antisemitism of the era.
As an alumnus of Columbia, he made his alma mater more welcoming to Jewish people.
As a financial visionary, he invigorated sectors of the economy that gave Jews their greatest opportunities.
As a lawyer, he advocated for Jewish citizens in court.
Although he didn\'t identify as a Jew in America, Hamilton cultivated a relationship with the Jewish community that made him unique among the founders.
This radical reassessment of Hamilton\'s religious upbringing gives us a fresh perspective on both his adult years and the country he helped forge.
With a detective\'s persistence and a historian\'s rigor, Porwancher upends that assumption and revolutionizes our understanding of an American icon.
Hamilton himself wanted it that way, and most biographers have simply assumed he had a Christian boyhood.
For more than two centuries, his youth in the Caribbean has remained shrouded in mystery.
The untold story of the founding father\'s likely Jewish birth and upbringing--and its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton , Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all likelihood, was born and raised Jewish
