In her acclaimed 1982 biography of philosopher Hannah Arendt, author Elisabeth Young-Bruehl “says she made only one significant mistake,” Scott McLemee writes in a Chronicle of Higher Education report, “But it was a doozy.” Now, the book has been reissued, “And the repercussions are bound to echo much louder now, thanks to the correction.” The mistake? Young-Bruehl wrote that Arendt gave money to the Jewish Defense League, a terrorist group, when she meant to say Arendt gave money to the United Jewish Appeal, a philanthropic group. The mistake was compounded when Edward Said repeated the story about the JDL, and then when, according to Young-Bruehl, he refused to correct his mistake. Says Young-Bruehl, “It’s caused me a lot of bad conscience over the years.”