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Rebecca Gratz’s faith and philanthropy.
The American Jewish philanthropist Rebecca Gratz’s father was born in Prussian Silesia, not far from the places frequented by his contemporary Jacob Emden. Both were descended from rabbis. Yet the ocean and the few years that separated Rebecca Gratz from Emden seem to divide two entirely different Jewish experiences. Jeremy Popkin writes:
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