When matza bridged the gap between Jews on opposite sides of the US Civil War
Thanks to the matza campaign of 1865, the unbreakable ties between the Jews of the North and the South had already begun to be rebuilt.
AN ILLUSTRATION from 1858 of matza being made in a New York bakery on Division Street owned by Mark Isaacs(photo credit: AMERICAN HERITAGE HAGGADAH)ByDAVID GEFFENUpdated: