Henrietta Szold.

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.

In the imaginations of anti-Semites, Jews are the incarnation of, and explanation for, their deepest fears and most vexing social ills.

The “mother of Youth Aliyah.”

Revealed in newly declassified records.

And its translation into German.

“The establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine will be a blessing to the whole world.”

David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”

Sun Yat-sen and N.E.B. Ezra.

And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.

Jamil Mardam Bey.

Never a pussycat.

Lady Yvonne Cochrane Sursock, in memoriam.

That’s not a bad thing, but a sensitive new biography is still worth reading.