How America Can Regain Credibility by Putting Its Military to Use
Washington must instill fear in the hearts of its enemies if it is to leave the Middle East without damaging its international standing.
December 27, 2021
When the World’s Strongest Man Was a Jew
Zishe Breitbart, the “second Samson.”
In the early 1920s, one of the most popular Jewish celebrities was Zishe Breitbart, who traveled Europe and America with a German circus performing such feats of strength as bending iron bars with his bare hands and holding up cars filled with people. Born in a Polish shtetl to a blacksmith in 1893, Breitbart remained a proud and committed Jew and Zionist, who gave generously to Jewish institutions and promoted Jewish sports groups. Yehuda Geberer, who discovered the so-called “second Samson” while studying the writings of Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz (1873-1936), describes his life. (Audio, 34 minutes.)
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An Arab Knesset Member’s Bold Statements about Israel’s Jewish Identity Deserve Praise
Has the real Mansour Abbas stepped forward?
The Bombing in the Democratic Republic of Congo Is a Sign of Islamic State’s Growing Presence in Central Africa
The Allied Democratic Forces.
When the World’s Strongest Man Was a Jew
Zishe Breitbart, the “second Samson.”
How Muslim Refugees from Tsarist Russia Became Loyal Israeli Citizens
The story of the Circassians of the Galilee.