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Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

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Rachel Mordecai Lazarus · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Proud of her Jewish heritage but conflicted about her faith, Rachel Mordecai Lazarus was torn between publicly fighting antisemitism and privately questioning Judaism’s ideals.

When

1 July 1788

Biography

Rachel Mordecai Lazarus is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Proud of her Jewish heritage but conflicted about her faith, Rachel Mordecai Lazarus was torn between publicly fighting antisemitism and privately questioning Judaism’s ideals.

How & why

Proud of her Jewish heritage but conflicted about her faith, Rachel Mordecai Lazarus was torn between publicly fighting antisemitism and privately questioning Judaism’s ideals. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Emily Bingham, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Emily Bingham

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Proud of her Jewish heritage but conflicted about her faith, Rachel Mordecai Lazarus was torn between publicly fighting antisemitism and privately questioning Judaism’s ideals.

1788

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Emily Bingham