‘The Money Kings’ Review: After Success, an Uneasy Feeling

For American Jews, the period from the 1880s up to World War I was heady but full of foreboding. While German-Jews amassed fortunes on Wall Street, Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe poured into Ellis Island fleeing lethal pogroms. German-Jews organized philanthropy for their brethren, many of…

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