A counterfactual history, 1848-2008
An excerpt from David Cesarani’s new biography of Benjamin Disraeli shows the British Prime Minister living in a time of innocence, before ‘race science’
Happy 200th birthday, you ‘hair-oil using, false-jewel wearing, tailorish non-gentlefolk.’ You’re one of us.
Labour leader responds to Daily Mail charge his immigrant father was disloyal
Plus the Israeli Embassy posts on BuzzFeed, and more in the news
The Jewish Speaker of the House that could’ve been.
Lost Books
Amid U.K. hacking scandal, Jewish Labour leader thrives
Comment of the Week
An archive of the best books lost in the stacks
Comment of the week
Man Booker winner Howard Jacobson talks about English anti-Semitism, ping-pong, and the seriousness of Jewish jokes
Paging Jeb Bush!
The prime minister with a song in his heart
And Israel is an issue
Simon Doonan Says So
The founder of modern conservatism is needed now more than ever
