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Benjamin Disraeli once saved Britain's monarchy — the current one may be beyond repair

JL;DR SUMMARY Benjamin Disraeli, the first and only Jewish Prime Minister of Great Britain, played a pivotal role in revitalizing the British monarchy by forging a personal and influential relationship with Queen Victoria. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jeffrey EpsteinPolitical ReformBritish MonarchySephardic AncestryBenjamin DisraeliJewish Prime MinisterQueen VictoriaPrince AndrewMonarchical Reinvention

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United Kingdom
"Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, circa 1870."
Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom
"But Disraelis most remarkable achievement was not a matter of political or social reform but of monarchical reinvention. It was, quite literally, spectacular and starred the woman now known as the widow of Windsor."
Balmoral, England, United Kingdom
"Grieving and always garbed in black, she ignored her ceremonial duties, often seeking refuge in distant Scotland at her Balmoral estate."
Houston, Texas, United States
"A professor at the University of Houston and the Womens Institute of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward."

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