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October 19, 2021

The Jewish Small Businessman Who Inspired Colin Powell to Go to College

And taught him some Yiddish.

Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state, died yesterday at the age of eighty-four. Raised in the South Bronx, as a young man he worked at a toy store owned by a Russian Jew—an immigrant like Powell’s own parents. In an interview with Andrew Falzon, Powell talks about the experience. (Video, 2 minutes.)

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October 19, 2021

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    And taught him some Yiddish.

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