Unsinkable Jews: Ep. 6

Adventures with Dead Jews by Tablet Magazine

Oct 8, 202153:42Religion & Spirituality

The Jewish community of Charlotte, North Carolina has been embarrassed by their city’s monument honoring Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy’s Jewish Secretary of State, ever since they were cajoled into paying for it back i...

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