Lieutenant Colonel Dreyfus Earns His Oak Leaves — in Israel

The promotion of one Uriel Dreyfus, a veteran reserve judge, to the rank of lieutenant colonel is a moment to savor. Lieutenant Colonel Uriel Dreyfus is, as his surname attests, a descendent of the Jewish French army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, who was falsely convicted of treason in one of the signature antisemitic episodes in Europe’s long annals of prejudice. Dreyfus’s descendent marvels at how his ancestor “stood alone.”