Louis brandeis

Jewish leaders for social change: Nine of history's most influential Jewish activists

From the beginning, the Jewish people have been improving the world and enriching lives at the forefront of virtually every major advance, cause, or social movement in world history. 

BARON EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD on the NIS 500 banknote issued by the Bank of Israel in 1982.
IMAGES OF Albert Einstein and Emma Goldman are featured in "Ask Jewish Lives," an AI bot that bases its conversations on the "Jewish Lives" series of biographies.

New AI tool allows users to chat with Jewish historical figures

Brandeis University sign

Orthodox students at Brandeis U. decry ad calling school ‘anything but Orthodox’

 Williams Hall at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Jan. 1, 2005.

U of Vermont ‘vigorously denies’ fostering an antisemitic environment on campus


An American-illustrated declaration of the Zionist dream

In 1912, a major development in the American Zionist movement occurred. Justice Louis D. Brandeis became the leader of the Federation of American Zionists.

 The cover of the ‘New Palestine’ broadsheet on January 13, 1920 advertising the Palestine Restoration Fund.

Brandeis’s role in Balfour

The truth is that Brandeis was involved at an important juncture in Jewish and world history, and his actions were as crucial as any of the players in the story.

Louis Brandeis