The End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and the Rise of the Arab-Israeli Coalition
The New Middle East is here, and it’s not what Shimon Peres expected.
November 30, 2022
The Rise and Fall of an Indian Jewish Family’s Commercial Empire
The Sassoons, Rothschilds of the east.
For a significant part of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Sassoon family directed a sprawling business concern, trading in opium, cotton, tea, and silk—and, eventually, much else besides—that shaped the history of Britain, India, and China. Various members of the family would rub elbows with the House of Windsor and are even mentioned in Queen Victoria’s diaries. Robert Philpot reviews a recent book about the so-called “Rothschilds of the East.”
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Christian Anti-Semitism Is Still Here
“The Jews are guilty.”
Attempts to Reform the Israeli Judiciary Aren’t a Threat to Democracy
The override clause.
The Rise and Fall of an Indian Jewish Family’s Commercial Empire
The Sassoons, Rothschilds of the east.
How the Mayor of New York Helped Brooklyn’s Jews to Observe the Sabbath
Aided by a one-dollar lease.