Adam Kirsch, “Benjamin Disraeli” (Nextbook: Schocken, 2008 ) $21.00. Benjamin Disraeli was born Jewish, baptized as a boy but (mostly) considered himself to be Jewish. He famously proclaimed to Queen ...
Benjamin Disraeli’s Jewishness has been a problem for his biographers, especially his English biographers. Robert Blake’s classic study (1966) — still the hallmark account of Disraeli’s political ...
Veteran historian Hibbert summons up the ghost of Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), who along with Gladstone dominated English politics in the Victorian era. Hibbert finds Disraeli's character and ...
Shofar, Vol. 24, No. 2, Special Issue: The Cultural and Historical Stabilities and Instabilities of Jewish Orientalism (Winter 2006), pp. 55-69 (15 pages) Though converted to Christianity at an early ...
On Feb. 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award -- for her role in "Gone With the Wind." Top News // 5 years ago On This Day: Hattie McDaniel becomes ...