Benjamin Shapell is the founder of the Shapell Manuscript Foundation, an independent educational organization with offices in Los Angeles and Herlizya, Israel, whose collection includes original documents of world-renowned individuals, including American presidents and Mark Twain. Shapell has initiated and overseen the creation of numerous publications, exhibitions and films relating to the central themes of the collection. The Foundation has also partnered in exhibitions with major institutions, including the Library of Congress, the National Library of Israel and the Smithsonian Institution. Shapell lives with his family in Israel.

Books by Benjamin Shapell

Lincoln and the Jews: A History

by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell - History, Nonfiction

One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln’s death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. LINCOLN AND THE JEWS provides readers both with a captivating narrative of his interactions with Jews, and with the opportunity to immerse themselves in rare manuscripts and images --- many from the Shapell Lincoln Collection --- that show Lincoln in a way he has never been seen before.