The Moral Dilemma of Russian Jewry, and Its Rabbis
Almost every week reports emerge of new outbursts of anti-Jewish prejudice.
November 14, 2022
Reading The Oppermans is like riding a Ferrari into a slow-motion car crash.
First published in 1933, and swiftly translated into English and several other languages thereafter, Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel The Oppermans depicts a German Jewish family during the Nazi rise to popularity and then to power. While it remained influential in Germany after World War II, the book has largely been forgotten in the U.S. A newly published and revised English translation seeks to remedy the situation. Ari Hoffman writes in his review:
Almost every week reports emerge of new outbursts of anti-Jewish prejudice.
Suggesting that Israel is a “key pillar” in a “global movement” to subvert democracy.
A withdrawal would hand Russia and Iran a strategic victory.
Reading The Oppermans is like riding a Ferrari into a slow-motion car crash.
The environmental damage still remains.
First published in 1933, and swiftly translated into English and several other languages thereafter, Lion Feuchtwanger’s novel The Oppermans depicts a German Jewish family during the Nazi rise to popularity and then to power. While it remained influential in Germany after World War II, the book has largely been forgotten in the U.S. A newly published and revised English translation seeks to remedy the situation. Ari Hoffman writes in his review:
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