Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell)
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Episode: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell)
Pub date: 2026-01-26
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What happens when a writer discovers her "boring" great-grandfather was actually a household name across the Russian Empire who helped 10,000 Jews escape to Texas? Rachel Cockerell's The Melting Point traces this forgotten history through an audacious technique: she removed herself entirely, letting only primary sources--newspaper articles…
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