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Jaffa’s failed American Colony

 – By Ofer Aderet – originally published in Haaretz – 50 years ago, members of the Church of the Messiah settled in the Holy Land in order to hasten the Redemption. They failed. In September 1866, The Nellie Chapin set sail from Jonesport, Maine with 157 men, women and children aboard – members of the Church […]

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