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URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/lunch-and-learn-2026-07-08/
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Scott Seligman - The Great Christmas Boycott o
 f 1906
DESCRIPTION:\nAntisemitism and the Battle Over Christianity in Public Schoo
 ls\nThe battle over religion in American public schools has deep roots. In
  the nineteenth century it was an intramural struggle between Protestants 
 and later-arriving Catholics. But at Christmastime in 1905\, when the Pres
 byterian principal of a Brooklyn elementary school urged his Jewish studen
 ts to be more like Jesus Christ\, Jews entered the fray in a big way. It w
 as just the trigger Jewish activist Albert Lucas had been waiting for. Fre
 sh from battling Christian settlement houses brazen about their intent to 
 convert Jewish children\, Lucas accused the public schools of illegal pros
 elytizing and demanded limits on religious content in the schools.\n\nThe 
 Great Christmas Boycott of 1906&nbsp\;describes how this moment shaped the
  Jewish community’s long-term efforts to challenge Christian influence i
 n public life and traces the school Christmas celebration dispute to the p
 resent day.\n\nRegister&nbsp\;before 5 p.m. the Sunday before for in-perso
 n lunch ($10) or by the next evening for the Zoom link.\n\nRegister\n\nAbo
 ut the Speaker\n\nScott D. Seligman is a national award-winning writer of 
 narrative non-fiction and biography with an interest in the history of hyp
 henated Americans. He holds an undergraduate degree in American history fr
 om Princeton and a master’s degree from Harvard. He has written three bo
 oks on American Jewish history\, including&nbsp\;The Great Kosher Meat War
  of 1902\,&nbsp\;which was a finalist in the 2020 National Jewish Book Awa
 rds and won gold medals in history in the Independent Publisher Book Award
 s and Reader Views Literary Awards\, and&nbsp\;The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral
 \, which tells the story of the largest antisemitic riot in American histo
 ry. Visit his website at&nbsp\;www.seligmanonline.com.&nbsp\;\n\nFor more 
 information\, please email&nbsp\;Lunch and Learn.
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