Mensch of La Mancha https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/02/mensch-of-la-mancha/

February 20, 2014 | Benjamin Ivry
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Whether or not Cervantes himself was of Jewish origin, his hero Don Quixote, simultaneously a shlemiel and a shlimazel, has struck readers as inherently Jewish.

Read more on Forward: http://forward.com/articles/192662/the-secret-jewish-history-of-don-quixote/