Berel Lang
By Berel Lang
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Culture ‘Catch-22’ Still Saner Than Ever
Joseph Heller is invariably omitted from lists of American Jewish writers, but he should be included, and high up. “Catch-22” — which has just celebrated its 50th birthday — is notable among American novels in the second half of the 20th century for having been read with almost no acknowledgment of its Jewish identity. Heller…
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Opinion You Can Take the Jew Out of Jewish… But You Probably Wouldn’t
What is the difference between saying that “so-and-so is a Jew” and that “so-and-so is Jewish?” An admittedly unscientific poll I took recently among 18 acquaintances reached a unanimous verdict; they always spoke of themselves as Jewish, not as Jews. Would “Jew” in the same context, they were then asked, be wrong or pejorative? Again…
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