Jewcentricity: Why The Jews Are Praised, Blamed, And Used To Explain Just A...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Jewcentricity: Why The Jews Are Praised, Blamed, And Used To Explain Just About EverythingISBN13:9780470198568ISBN10:0470198567Author:Garfinkle, Adam (Author)Description:Advance Praise For Jewcentricityadam Garfinkle Punctures The Myth Of The Omnipotence Of The Jews With Such Intelligence And Reflective Sweep That We Still Can Go On Discussing The 'Exaggerations' Forever --Leslie H Gelb, Former Columnist For The New York Times And President Emeritus Of The Council On Foreign Relationsjews, As The Saying Goes, Are News Why Is That? In This Elegant, Witty, Learned, Insightful, Always Interesting, And Occasionally Alarming Book, Adam Garfinkle Explains The World's Fascination With The Practitioners Of Its Oldest Mono-Theistic Religion --Michael Mandelbaum, Author Of Democracy's Good Name: The Rise And Risks Of The World's Oldest Form Of Governmentone Would Have Thought That Everything That Could Be Written Or Said About The Relationship Between Jews And Their Environment Has Been Written And Said It Was A Pleasure, Though Hardly A Surprise, That Adam Garfinkle, Thinker, Scholar, Editor, And Iconoclast At Large, Has Been Able To Offer Us Fresh Insights Into This Complex Issue And Apply His Original Mind To The Subject Matter --Itamar Rabinovich, Former Israeli Ambassador To The United States And Former President Of Tel-Aviv Universitythere Is A Lot To Argue About And Ponder In This Riveting Manuscript It Is Bound To Cause A Stir --Robert D Kaplan, Author Of The Arabists: The Romance Of An American Eliteone Way Of Looking At This Brilliant Book Is To See It As An Extended Commentary On An Old Joke That Defines A Philo-Semite As An Anti-Semite Who Likes Jews Garfinkle Shows, With Many Examples, What Both Characters Have In Common--A Wildly Exaggerated Notion Of The Importance Of Jews In The World Garfinkle's Argument Is Scholarly, Lucid, Witty, And Very Persuasive It Deserves A Wide Readership --Peter L Berger, Director, Institute On Culture, Religion And World Affairs At Boston University Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:WILEYPublication Date:2009-08-01Weight:1.2 lbsDimensions:1.08'' H x 9.46'' L x 6.48'' WNumber of Pages:308Language:English

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