James Knox's Jewish Pedigree

Knox is an Ashkenazi Jewish name (L). James Knox's parents are Maitland Brooks Knox and Vera Stevens. Maitland is a Jewish name (see section below). Brooks is a Jewish name (L). Vera is a Russian Jewish name (L). Stevens is a Jewish name (L). James Knox's grandmother is Leona Stevens. Leona is a Jewish name (L). James Knox's wife is Lilian Mendes and her mother is Esther Mendes. Lilian is a Jewish name (L). Esther is a Jewish name (L). Mendes is a Sephardic Jewish name (L). James Knox's son and daughter are Israel Wilson and Tabitha Shiloh. Israel is a Jewish name. Tabitha is a Jewish name. Shiloh is a Jewish name. In addition to himself, James Knox's mother, father, son, daughter, grandmother, grandfather, wife, mother-in-law, and dog* all have Jewish names.

*Knox once mentioned in a sermon that his dog is named Levi.

JAMES KNOX'S WIFE, LILLIAN MENDES, IS FROM RECIFE, BRAZIL, THE FIRST JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE NEW WORLD

James Knox's wife, Lilian Mendes, is from Recife, Brazil. According to, Recife - The First Jewish Community In The New World:

"Many people know that on September 7, 1654, twenty-three Jews arrived in New Amsterdam (renamed New York after the Dutch left). Most are not, however, aware of the fact that these Jews came to America from Recife, Brazil."

The first Synagogue erected in the Americas was in Recife, Brazil.

"Kahal Zur Israel was a Jewish synagogue located...in Recife, Brazil. It was established in 1636 by Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews...It was the first synagogue erected in the Americas."

According to Recife: The Cradle of Jewish America:

"Many of the names recorded in the Livro de Registros (registry) of the Zur Israel synagogue in Recife are known even today: Aboab, Sarfatty, Diaz, Pereira, Mendes, de Azevedo, Navarro, Cardozo, Machabeu, Da Fonseca, Nunes, Nahmias, Cohen, Henriques, Baruh, da Costa, D'Oliveyra, Coronel, Barzilay, Levy, Castiel, Ferreira, Da Silva, Lopes, Burgos, Da Gama..." (Recife: The Cradle of Jewish America. p.84)

JAMES KNOX'S FATHER WAS MAITLAND BROOKS KNOX. THE MAITLAND ARE JEWS

James Knox's father, Maitland Brooks Knox, was an international banker and the Maitland's are a powerful Jewish clan (see link, link and link).

Arthur Balfour, formerly the Prime Minister of England, was Jewish and the standard-bearer for Zionism. He issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which announced support for the establishment of the State of Israel in Palestine. Arthur Balfour's father was James Maitland Balfour; his brother was Francis Maitland Balfour, and his Great Grandfather was James Maitland, the 8th Earl of Lauderdale. James Maitland, the 7th Earl of Lauderdale, is pictured below.

JAMES KNOX AND THE CHRISTIAN JEW HOUR

In James Knox's book, From Where I Stand (2013), in the footnote on page 154, Knox states that he was once offered a job writing radio programs for Charles Halff, a Jewish man, and for "The Christian Jew Hour." Knox was offered this job because he's a Jew. 

JAMES KNOX'S SON, ISRAEL KNOX, "ALWAYS WORE A BRIMMED HAT TO CHURCH."

In James Knox's book, From Where I Stand (2007), on page 126, there is a picture of his son, Israel, wearing a black brimmed hat, with Knox's statement, "Israel, who always wore a brimmed hat to church." Wearing a brimmed hat to synagogue is ordinary for an Orthodox Talmudic Jew (see below).