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AcknowledgementsI am indebted to Pr
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Table of ContentsIntroduction - 1Ch
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elationship in any depth.In researc
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friendships with various Israeli le
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Joseph Smith taught that Latter-day
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Gentiles, and it will be again inha
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for their long suffering. Yet, he,
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focus on both the fulfillment of pr
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Smith and Brigham Young, as previou
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Smith, the members of the group “
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Jews.'” 46Benjamin further descri
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Chapter 2: Benson's Religious Leade
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audiences. The first, called, “Je
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Benson's sense of kinship for the J
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eturn of the Jews to the land of Pa
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general mention of his efforts at s
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Page 36 and 37: about Jews and Israel, throughout t
Page 38 and 39: and Peter Grose describe the frustr
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Page 42 and 43: the Messiah. Indeed, both Benson an
Page 44 and 45: those visits, as opposed to those o
Page 46 and 47: U.S. agricultural products on credi
Page 48 and 49: The American public, though divided
Page 50 and 51: States.” 133Indeed, a Gallup poll
Page 52 and 53: with Britain and France, for their
Page 54 and 55: many Americans that Israel was now,
Page 56 and 57: those experiences to give validity
Page 58 and 59: Benson, “I want you to pray to Go
Page 60 and 61: gathering. Some of those themes inc
Page 62 and 63: Ben Gurion and Levi Eshkol, both of
Page 64 and 65: sending “two Mormon Books,” and
Page 66 and 67: Yet Ben Gurion's next letter, dated
Page 68 and 69: on this occasion with Shimon Peres
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Page 72 and 73: attitude in the Synagogue Light art
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Page 80 and 81: "Though Thy servant is now far from
Page 82 and 83: BibliographyAlteras, Isaac. Eisenho
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