West Indies

A new biography musters extensive circumstantial evidence that the founding father was born a Jew.

Oct. 5 2021 12:01AM

Emerson Swift Mahon, born a Christian, left his native Grenada for Canada in 1912 in search of higher education and harboring a deeply-felt interest in. . .

Eiran Harris
Feb. 27 2015 12:01AM

Despite speculation to the contrary, there is no solid evidence that Alexander Hamilton was of Jewish ancestry on his mother’s side. But his stepfather seems. . .

Gabriela Geselowitz
Feb. 23 2015 12:01AM