Digging for America’s Jewish Roots

Leo Strauss once observed that “there exists a kind of Jewish glorification of every clever or brilliant Jewish mediocrity—which is as pitiable as it is laughable.” Every Jew who has received, for some long-ago birthday present, a book on great Jewish football players or a similar topic knows what he means. Strauss recalled that his distrust of this tendency was so great that he initially refused to believe reports of Einstein’s stature in science. It was only after a physicist friend reassured him that he acknowledged the achievements of the great genius. Read Full Article »