2/2/16

Bernie Sanders' Jewish Identity

It's not my week, but I couldn't help but post this article about Bernie Sanders' Jewish identity. It mentions the Forverts, and talks about the creation of a secular, progressive Jewish identity. Money quote:
While dispensing with the God of the alte velt—if the Enlightenment didn’t kill him, the Holocaust certainly did—leftist Jews of the 20th century maintained a prophetic, religious zeal for justice

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