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"Porwancher offers a fascinating window into the deliberations, backchannel talks, and input from key advisors that shaped Roosevelt."—Maksim Goldenshteyn, Jewish Book Council

"Porwancher provides a compelling history of American Jews, immigration, citizenship, and world politics at the dawn of a new century."—Kirkus Reviews

"A unique analysis of Theodore Roosevelt’s personal and political relationship with the global Jewry, in ways that echo political considerations oftoday. . . . A thought-provoking read."—Library Journal (Starred Review)

“Beautifully written. This book should be required reading for any student of the Progressive Era, of TR, or of the presidency. Its interpretation is nuanced and balanced, and its scholarship is deep and wide.”—Kathleen Dalton, author of Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life

“With the insight and erudition his readers have come to expect, Andrew Porwancher explores the complicated issue of Jewish life in early twentieth-century America through the actions and words of a president he shows to be equally complicated.”—H. W. Brands, University of Texas at Austin

“Highly readable and entertaining. Andrew Porwancher makes a strong case for a very special affinity between TR and American Jews. This book is as much a presidential history as a sophisticated inquiry into the status and standing of American Jews in the early twentieth century. Porwancher is an exquisite storyteller.”—Lila Corwin Berman, New York University