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By: JNS - February 11, 2021
The original, signed copy of a letter written by Sun Yat-Sen—a statesman, physician and political philosopher considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China—expressing support for Zionism has been rediscovered in the archives of the National Library of Israel, the library announced on Wednesday.
The letter, dated April 24, 1920, was addressed to Nissim Elias Benjamin Ezra (N.E.B.) Ezra, and surfaced while the library was reviewing its archived items in preparation for a move to a new location. Ezra was an influential Jewish writer, scholar and publisher who was born in Lahore (now in Pakistan) and lived most of his life in Shanghai. He founded the Shanghai Zionist Association and its official newspaper, Israel’s Messenger.
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