Why Iran-Backed Forces Attacked Abu Dhabi
And how Israel can help.
January 26, 2022
Why Jews Opposed Prohibition, and Why Prohibitionists Became Anti-Semites
“My fight right now is against the Homebrew and the Hebrew.”
In much of Eastern Europe from the 16th century onward, Jews often obtained exclusive rights to distill and sell alcohol, and ran taverns where both Jewish and non-Jewish customers gathered. American Jews’ role in the trade of intoxicating beverages was less pronounced, but hardly negligible. Reviewing Marni Davis’s 2012 book Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition, Allan Arkush writes:
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Why Jews Opposed Prohibition, and Why Prohibitionists Became Anti-Semites
“My fight right now is against the Homebrew and the Hebrew.”