Throughout history, Jews have had great friends and mortal enemies. I recently learned that they had a great friend in one of our presidents. Perhaps no American president has been a greater friend of the Jewish people than Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday we celebrated this week. His last words, according to his wife were, “How I should like to visit Jerusalem.” Here’s an article I thought you might enjoy:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/herb/geduld_lincoln.php3?printer_friendly