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ISBN: 0452275911

ISBN13: 9780452275911

Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America

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By Michael Lerner and Cornel West

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"Credible and important."--Kirkus Reviews
Examining the issues that have united Blacks and Jews in the past and now separate them, two long-time friends and leading intellectuals try to restore the special relationship between the two groups in a hard-hitting and worthwhile exchange.

Can Jews and Blacks be friends and allies once again? It's neither easy nor impossible, say Michael Lerner and Cornel West, in a dialogue that looks at the most pressing problems of contemporary America through the prism of the relationship between their two communities. In a dialogue that is always respectful, though sometimes marked by tension, they help each other understand their different ways of looking at the world. Avoiding easy outs and quick fixes, they explore such subjects as Louis Farrakhan, Zionism, the economic inequalities between Jewish and Black communities, crime, and affirmative action.

Both powerful public intellectuals, Lerner and West take on some of the most demanding problems of our time, in a sophisticated but extremely accessible way. They conclude with a plan for healing the rifts that have developed. But in a deeper sense, it is their dialogue itself that is healing. A model for both the Black and Jewish communities, this book suggests that healing and transformation are possible, and that hope can triumph over cynicism and despair.

With a new epilogue on the O.J. Simpson verdict and the Million Man March.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0452275911

ISBN13:9780452275911

Release Date:February 1996

Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

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Rated 5 stars
Hope for fighting Bigotry

By Thriftbooks.com User, October 1, 2001

It has been said that racism and bigotry are permanent in American culture. Not only is there not an ongoing public dialogue on issues of race and ehtnicity, but there's not even a common vocabulary for creating one. This is what West and Lerner try to change. While each maintains his own unique experience and perspective, the two of them solicit ideas and perspectives from each other, challenging each other's presuppositions,...

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Common Struggles

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 8, 2000

Micheal Learner and Cornel West attempt to solve some of the problems and tentions that have turned Blacks against Jews, and Jews against Blacks. What ethnic and or religious group have suffered the most? Native Americans,Chinese,Japanese,Blacks, Jews? What ever your answer maybe, the truth is that Blacks and Jews have been the some of the most oppressed poeple in America and the world. It is that one factor that has linked...

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