Modern Jewish History

Jerusalem today. Photo by David Shankbone. History is made up of all sorts of interesting twists...

Dr. Gideon Mer, 1938 Notwithstanding all of the economic progress of Rosh Pina in the early...

Rosh Pina, early 20th century Years ago, I visited the northern village of Rosh Pina, and...

Baron Edmond de Rothschild There is a tendency in very wealthy families for some of the...

Amschel Mayer Rothschild In the Middle Ages, the Church, in a misapplication of the Biblical prohibition...

If anyone has come to this article for financial wisdom or advice, I’d like to disabuse you of that at...

Sir Moses Montefiore February 15th is the anniversary of the liberation of the Jews arrested in...

American Jews today take for granted their right to hold high public office, head major corporations, and be enormously influential...

Louis Brandeis With the recent appointment of the first Latina to the American Supreme Court, it...

The story of one person’s life often gives insight into an entire historical period, so I want to tell you...