Thomas Jefferson Archives - Dr Israel Drazin

8 03, 2021

Was Thomas Jefferson a heretic and anti-Semite?

By Israel Drazin|2021-03-08T05:21:50-07:00March 8th, 2021|Book Reviews, Thoughts|

Often when I hear people wanting to destroy statues of historical figures and burn books of authors who mentioned something they considered wrong, even though these men and women also did good things and are part of our history, I wonder what they would do with the Hebrew Bible if they found [...]

3 07, 2018

American Independence Day is not July 4

By Israel Drazin|2018-07-03T09:23:53-07:00July 3rd, 2018|Thoughts|

Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the document that declared that the United States is henceforth independent from Britain, on July 4. It is a good day to celebrate this historic event despite it not being the date when the declaration was made. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration, [...]