"gentiles persecuted the Jews for thousands of years before the Nazis got efficient at it"
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Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (September 9, 1945 – July 10, 2018) was a Jewish American essayist, poet, academic, and political activist against racism and for economic and social justice who lived in the USA.
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