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I am posting the link to a post I made the other day, in case you are interested - it isn't a spoiler since we knew Cora's maiden name in the earliest episodes and last episode she restated that her father was Jewish. I was curious about the acceptance of Cora by the English nobility since she was half Jewish, had this been real life. I found one site whose author did confirm that the real anti-antisemitism during that time period was glossed over in D.A. -- as were a few other targets of bigotry. Not criticizing DA at all, just find it interesting.

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Kathleen On 1/23/15, magnolia wrote: > I am posting the link to a post I made the other day, in > case you are interested - it isn't a spoiler since we > knew Cora's maiden name in the earliest episodes and last > episode she restated that her father was Jewish. I was > curious about the acceptance of Cora by the English > nobility since s...See More
Jan 23, 2015
magnolia Interesting site. Did you catch the part about rich Jewish American women dressing gaudy (gaudily?) and acting brashly? So un-PC. And note:

"(Even so, when pressed to give an example of an aristocrat who married a Jewish American, Stansky could not think of one.)"

The article mentioned "buccaneers" - PBS did ...See More
Jan 23, 2015


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