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Euphemisms will not win the war.
June 12, 2017
A contradiction in terms?
The phrase “non-observant Orthodox” was commonplace in American Jewish circles in the mid-20th century, when it described a significant share of the Jewish population. If it has fallen into disuse, that is because, Zev Eleff writes, the type has largely vanished from the American scene:
Euphemisms will not win the war.
Double-dealing and dynastic rivalries.
Ironists of a vanished empire.
The revolution that wasn’t.
A contradiction in terms?
The phrase “non-observant Orthodox” was commonplace in American Jewish circles in the mid-20th century, when it described a significant share of the Jewish population. If it has fallen into disuse, that is because, Zev Eleff writes, the type has largely vanished from the American scene:
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