tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post8958267599181788798..comments2024-03-29T11:39:42.348+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Haaretz marks the death of David SassoonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-8022504151074473472012-11-11T19:50:40.165+00:002012-11-11T19:50:40.165+00:00Blog at your service Eliyahu! the story of Rachel ...Blog at your service Eliyahu! the story of Rachel Sassoon Beer:<br />http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/rachel-sassoon-beer-first-lady-of-fleet.htmlbataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-62712919652227627852012-11-11T18:01:30.674+00:002012-11-11T18:01:30.674+00:00What's not mentioned in this piece is 1) the r...What's not mentioned in this piece is 1) the role that Rachel Sassoon's newspaper played in presenting an objective picture of the Dreyfus Case.<br /><br />Also 2) One of the Sassoons was a very accomplished athlete in the sports that the British held in high regard at the time, a horseman, hunter, etc. He became part of the close circle of the Prince of Wales who was willing to sponge off of a Jew as much as off of any body else. Yet his acceptance into the Prince's circle offended many Brits at the time and Punch spent a lot of ink mocking his pretensions to aristocracy as a Jew and a swarthy fellow.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com