Scholar unpacks slur that early US Jewish immigrants were arsonists — and why it stuck
Jeffrey Marx’s new history, 'Jewish Firebug,' puts new light on an old trope as newcomers are again being blamed for economic and social ills and antisemitism reaches new highs
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