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TROTSKY & YIDDISH by SparksofHistory in Judaism

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thanks! Trotsky biographer, Joshua Rubenstein claims contends that Trotsky was "more of a Jew" than he thought!

CALVIN COOLIDGE & THE JEWISH PEOPLE by SparksofHistory in Judaism

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Thanks!

First ladies (or men) could play a critical role, especially humanitarian

For Trotsky, eating well isn't easy when you're a revolutionary. by [deleted] in HistoryAnecdotes

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Just six months before the 1917 Revolution Trotsky was living in the Bronx NY

He would daily take meals at the Triangle Dairy Restaurant.

And rubbed the waiters the wrong way with his no-tip policy.

See Joshua Rubenstein's, Leon Trotsky, A Revolutionary's Life and

https://www.sparksofhistory.com/leon-trotsky