# The Jew of New York

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- Book: [The Jew of New York](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-katchor/the-jew-of-new-york) ([The Jew of New York.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-katchor/the-jew-of-new-york.md))
- Authors: [Ben Katchor](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-katchor)
- Publisher: pantheon
- ISBN: 978-03-7570-097-2
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2000-12-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1825, a New York politician and amateur playwright possessed of a utopian vision, summoned all the lost tribes of Israel to an island near Buffalo in the hope of establishing a Jewish state. His failed...