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Gessen

American  
[ges-uhn] / ˈgɛs ən /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Goshen.


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Gessen would be proven correct in ways far worse than perhaps even they imagined at time….My advice to the news consumer is - imagine the worst.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

“They’re anxious about their economic future,” said Gessen, a nonbinary journalist who frequently writes about LGBTQ+ issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Gessen is a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors and victims.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

Gessen had been scheduled to receive the Arendt Prize for political thought this week, but the ceremony was postponed following outrage over the essay’s comparison between Gaza and Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Afterwards some MSS. of it were found in Italy, where it is attributed to one Gerson or Gessen, to whom is given the title of abbot.

From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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