AN EMPEROR WITHOUT AN EMPIRE

from Deeper Look At The Parsha · host Rabbi Pini Dunner

Joshua Norton lost his fortune, declared himself Emperor of the United States, and somehow became one of San Francisco’s most beloved characters. His strange story offers a surprisingly sharp lens on Parshat Shoftim’s vision of royal leadership: titles may confer authority, but they never make one human being inherently greater than another.

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