July 20: Jews and Chess

Lawrence Bush

July 19, 2018

The World Chess Federation was founded in Paris on this date in 1924,

Lawrence Bush edited Jewish Currents from 2003 until 2018. He is the author of Bessie: A Novel of Love and Revolution and Waiting for God: The Spiritual Explorations of a Reluctant Atheist, among other books. His new volume of illustrated Torah commentaries, American Torah Toons 2, is scheduled for publication this year.

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