Documents regarding John Kerry’s Jewish roots are on display in the Czech Republic. Included in the exhibition at a museum in Mohelnice is a first edition of an 1847 Czech-Hebrew prayer book written and illustrated by Abraham Leipinker, a direct ancestor of the former U.S. presidential candidate, according to the Association of Respect and Tolerance.
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