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Boston : Little, Brown, c1991.
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The well-known attorney discusses what it is like to be Jewish today, examining such issues as anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, assimilation, Zionism, civil rights, the role of Jews in the U.S.S.R., and changes in Eastern Europe.
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LibraryThing member gmicksmith
This is a biography but also a lifetime of thought and action about being Jewish in America. He examines all the crucial issues: anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, assimilation, Zionism, civil rights, eastern Europe, and the turmoil in the Middle East. He is an Orthodox Jew, attended Yale Law school,
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and faced discrimination at Wall Street law firms. Show Less
LibraryThing member JBGUSA
I picked up this book at a library used book sale, not expecting much. It was quite a tour d'force, describing the development of the Jewish community in the New York area, and its place in academia. He posits that he is a left-wing liberal but frankly I'm not so sure. I think he's really almost as
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"conservative" as Norman Podhoretz but like me is uncomfortable admitting that. Show Less
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378 p.; 25 cm
ISBN
0316181374 / 9780316181372
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