Hyman Judah Schachtel

They dismantled a lot of the edifice and they did it from within Israel and from within Israel's own archives.

could we move to talking about Hyman Judah Schachtel, who is this reform rabbi who opposed Zionism during World War II as the head of a synagogue in Houston? And I think this chapter is really incredibly important.

We kind of referenced it earlier.

What was reform Judaism in America's attitude towards Zionism before 1948? And I think this is also a forgotten part of the story.

And it's one, I think, that Well, tell us about the arc of his career, the rabbi at Beth Israel in Houston.

Well, his name was Hyman Judah Schachtel.

He was a very grand rabbi.

old man when I was a child.