The deadly innocences of American Jews

Raab, Earl
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Title The deadly innocences of American Jews.
Host Item Commentary 50,6 (1970) 31-39
Description Examines Jewish stances vis-à-vis the American government in the early 20th century (specifically in the times of Teddy Roosevelt and of Franklin D. Roosevelt) and in the present. Points to the American leaders' decisions regarding Jews which were based on their own needs and interests. Focuses on stances of Jews today among both liberals and conservatives. Contends that they are making errors of judgment in believing that they have more power than they do in fact. America may have provided Jews with an opportunity to be active in history and to help shape an open society struggling toward social justice. But the Jewish community can only seize that opportunity if it casts off the various forms of self-destructive innocence in which it has been caught and which are so deadly to its identity, to its meaning and to its very existence.
In Hebrew:
"בתפוצות הגולה" יג (תשלא) 69-81
Language English
National Library system number 990002877280705171
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