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February 26, 2020
Baron Rothschild’s Favorite Book about Solomon’s Temple
What a rare French volume says about the philanthropist’s interests.
On September 21, 1898, Baron Edmund de Rothschild gave a book titled Le Temple de Jerusalem et la Maison de Bois-Liban (“The Temple of Jerusalem and the House of Lebanon Wood”) to the agricultural community of Rosh Pinah, one of the original Zionist settlements in the Land of Israel. He also gave a copy to Zikhron Ya’akov, a farming community whose establishment he had helped to fund. Only a handful of copies of the book are still extant today, one of which is in the Louvre and another in the Rothschild family’s vault. Amit Naor explains how the book captured the baron’s interest:
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After Pulling Away from the U.S. and NATO, Turkey Has Requested American Missiles to Defend against Russia
The U.S. should call Erdogan’s bluff.
Belgium Hosts Anti-Semitic Parades While Lecturing Israel
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Baron Rothschild’s Favorite Book about Solomon’s Temple
What a rare French volume says about the philanthropist’s interests.