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Disraeli: The curious case of England’s Jewish prime minister
URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/books/article/disraeli_the_cur
ious_case_of_englands_jewish_prime_minister_20081225  Benjamin
Disraeli was born Jewish, baptized as a boy but (mostly)
considered himself to be Jewish. He famously proclaimed to Queen
Victoria -- who began by hating him and ended adoring him --
that he was the "blank page" separating the Old and New
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