
American Maccabee
A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives—and his legacy
A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island. Yet from his earliest years he forged ties with Jews never before witnessed in a president. American Maccabee trac...
A major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives—and his legacy
A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island. Yet from his earliest years he forged ties with Jews never before witnessed in a president. American Maccabee trac...