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But I have felt that to be a Jew was, in some ways at least, to be especially privileged.

Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber
Age: 80 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 16
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Appleton
Wisconsin
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Privileged
Jew
Especially
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Least
Felt

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