If I Am Not for Myself...The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews
Ruth R. Wisse
1992
Liberalism for and against the Jews
Jews are associated with liberalism the way the French are with wine: it is considered native to their region. […] As I use it, liberalism is a belief in rationality and a rational approach to political questions; in freedom for the individual within a constitutional, participatory democracy; in cultural…
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