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The romance of the Jewess, both alluringly exotic and somehow intensely American, was strong enough that one cultural celebrity, an actress renowned for qualities other than her social ethics, went so far as to invent a Jewish identity for herself. Adah Isaacs Menken took this new-found allegiance seriously enough to claim Jewish birth, learn Hebrew, and write poems and essays about Jewish culture and history in journals.25
The Story of the Jews Volume 2: When Words Fail: 1492--Present
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