2025-06-15 17:36 <br/> Tags: #AmericanJewry #EarlyZionism #Harvard #people #KeyPeople ![[image-78.png]] # Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) - Brandeis, a secular American Jew is one of the most important figures in early Jewish influence in the United States. - Brandeis served on the Supreme Court for 23 years (1916-1939). - [[Felix Frankfurter]] served as Brandeis' second hand man. Their connection was formed via Harvard Law School. - Brandeis and Frankfurter worked closely together for 25 years. They put their disciples in positions of influence, working for the Zionist cause. - To conceal his activities, Frankfurter served as one of many "hatchet men" employed under Brandeis. - Frankfurter himself later became a Supreme Court justice. He employed the same methods as Brandeis; curating a network of key individuals to affect political outcomes. - In 1916 prominent Zionist financier [[Nathan Straus]] connected Brandeis with William Blackstone. - Blackstone was an early Christian Zionist who in 1891 created the "Blackstone Memorial," a petition to President Benjamin Harrison to bring the Jews back to Israel. - Brandeis used Blackstone in 1916 to create a "Blackstone Memorial 2," now petitioning the Christian President Woodrow Wilson to back the Zionist project in the form of the [[Balfour Declaration]]. - The Blackstone saga is among the earliest fusions of Christianity and Zionism in America. *In particular, Christian Zionism actively pushed by Jews for Jewish interests.* - In 1918 Brandeis was named the honorary president of the [[Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)]]. - Brandeis was praised by Zionist leader, talmudic Jew, and president of the [[World Zionist Organization]] [[Nahum Sokolow]] for his influence in securing the [[Balfour Declaration]]. #### Hugh Gibson - Hugh Gibson was appointed in 1919 as US ambassador to Poland. - Once there he noted the lack of purported antisemitic incidents. - Brandeis and Frankfurter demand a meeting to confront Gibson. They told him he has done more damage to the Jewish race than anyone in the last 100 years. - *The Jewish need for a state was always underpinned with the claims of mass European antisemitism. To claim otherwise was in direct opposition to the Zionist cause.* #### Parushim - Brandeis was a key member of the elite Jewish covert group [[Parushim]]. - Parushim was made up of elite Jews centered at Harvard beginning in 1913. - They worked in secret in high positions within business/trade/media/government. - The members worked to advance the Zionist cause through their collective influence. #### Recommended Reading Against Our Better Judgment - Alison Weir #### References - “Louis Brandeis.” _Wikipedia_, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed June 15, 2025. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis). - Weir, Alison. 2014. _Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel_. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. - “Hugh S. Gibson.” _Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia_. Accessed June 15, 2025. “Hugh S. Gibson” article.