The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

If you listen to the Hamilton soundtrack constantly and wonder what all those people thought about Jews, this quirky passion project is for you. Thoroughly researched and broadly accessible.......more

This book is both an important scholarly contribution to our understanding of Alexander Hamilton and an immensely entertaining and immersive read as well. First and foremost it corrects the historic record. At the time of Hamilton’s birth his mother was legally married to but living apart from a Dan......more

I found this to be a fascinating book that explores the Jewish roots of Alexander Hamilton. I think that the evidence of him being Jewish are tenuous at best -- but the book still does a nice job exploring his childhood in the Carribean islands of Nevis and St. Kitts and his mother's checkered past......more

Such an intriguing book, telling the story of Hamilton from his early years born in the Carribbean and attending a Jewish school, through the infamous duel. Was he born Jewish? Did he ever become Christian? What was the role of his parents? How did his early years influence things like the Constitut......more

The author relying on sketchy circumstantial evidence from Hamilton’s youth in the Caribbean argues that Hamilton had roots in Jewish culture that made him less anti- Semitic than his contemporaries and influenced his beliefs on religious’s freedom . While not totally persuasive the author does thro......more