A British Christian Zionist Colonel and His Legion of Maccabees
John Patterson, lion hunter and leader of Jewish soldiers.
December 22, 2025
A British Christian Zionist Colonel and His Legion of Maccabees
John Patterson, lion hunter and leader of Jewish soldiers.
By 1914, John Patterson was already famous for his adventures in hunting African lions, which would inspire a short story by Ernest Hemingway and, more recently, the character of Spencer Dutton in the television series 1923. “With the outbreak of World War I,” Stuart Halpern writes,
December 22, 2025
Ancient Coins Testify to the Tragic Aftermath of the Hanukkah Story
Degraded Hasmonean currency.
The Mystery of a Menorah Pendant from Roman Jerusalem
A Jewish amulet in a Judenrein city.
Jerusalem: The Scandal of Jewish Particularity
The empirical case for the chosen people.
Iran’s Fusion Gambit
An impossible, megalomaniacal plan.