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The Jew of New York (Reprint Edition) by Ben Katchor Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-375-70097-8 / 0375700978 ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70097-2 / 9780375700972 In 1825, Mordecai Noah, a New York politician and amateur playwright possessed of a utopian vision, summoned all the lost tribes of Israel to an island near Buffalo in the hope of establishing a Jewish state. His failed plan, a mere footnote in Jewish-American history, is the starting point for Ben |