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fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

Almost Zion: Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York

Mordecai Manuel Noah's vision of Ararat as a Jewish city-state was ultimately unfulfilled as no Jews chose to settle there.
fromtime.com
8 months ago

How the Documentary Lover of Men Makes the Case That Abraham Lincoln Was Gay

"The academics featured in the film argue that the former president battled an identity crisis throughout his life: he was married because he had to be at the time to advance politically, but he also had intimate relationships with men."
NYC LGBT
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