League of British Jews
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One week after the Balfour declaration was issued, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
, Sir Philip Magnus and Lord Swaythling
founded the League of British Jews to oppose the idea that Jews constituted a political nation. Lucien Wolf
and Claude Goldsmid-Montefiore were prominent ideologues while Laurie Magnus edited its newspaper, the Jewish Guardian, which appeared from October 1919 to 1931.
Laurie Magnus, regarded the Jewish Guardian as a bid to break the monopoly far too long enjoyed by the pro-Zionist Jewish Chronicle and Jewish World under Leopold Greenberg. Magnus made the Jewish Guardian into a widely-respected Jewish journal during the 1920s, mixing articles that criticised Zionist and Jewish nationalists with articles from a variety of communal worthies and, to demonstrate its reach, the best coverage of Jewish-friendly societies.
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was an English banker and Conservative politician best remembered as the creator of Exbury Gardens...
, Sir Philip Magnus and Lord Swaythling
Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling
Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling was a prominent British Jew, financier, and political activist. He was the son and heir of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling....
founded the League of British Jews to oppose the idea that Jews constituted a political nation. Lucien Wolf
Lucien Wolf
Lucien Wolf was an English Jewish journalist, historian, and advocate of Jewish rights.-Biography:He was the son of Edward Wolf, a London pipe manufacturer, and his wife Céline...
and Claude Goldsmid-Montefiore were prominent ideologues while Laurie Magnus edited its newspaper, the Jewish Guardian, which appeared from October 1919 to 1931.
Laurie Magnus, regarded the Jewish Guardian as a bid to break the monopoly far too long enjoyed by the pro-Zionist Jewish Chronicle and Jewish World under Leopold Greenberg. Magnus made the Jewish Guardian into a widely-respected Jewish journal during the 1920s, mixing articles that criticised Zionist and Jewish nationalists with articles from a variety of communal worthies and, to demonstrate its reach, the best coverage of Jewish-friendly societies.