Notes from Limmud 2008
Napoleon
Bonaparte: Friend, Foe or Liberator of the Jews?
Rabbi Danny Rich
[Standard disclaimer: All views not in square brackets are those of the
speaker, not myself. Accuracy of transcription is not guaranteed.]
Napoleon was a man of immense talents; particularly a successful soldier and
administrator. He did also have a demonstrative feeling for timing and show.
In spite of his ultimate defeat by the Russian winter of 1812, and at the
Battle of Waterloo... read more
