![Louis Brandeis, 1856-1941](https://israeled.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Outsiders-Brandeis_Louis-George-Grantham-Bain-Collection-Library-of-Congress-scaled.jpg)
The first Jew on the U.S. Supreme Court, Brandeis influenced many American Jews in the early 20th century to become Zionists. He persuaded President Woodrow Wilson, a close friend, to support the 1917 Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate. He played a key role in the formation in 1926 of the Palestine Economic Corp., which helped finance development in the Land of Israel.
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress