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July 20: Jews and Chess

Lawrence Bush
July 19, 2018
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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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