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Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: American Bronx Brought Came Candy Classes Culture Island Jewish Jews Lot Lower Middle Most Starts Store Story Them Therefore

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My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: American Away Classical Jews Look Purpose Remember Story Success Success Story Them Themselves Tradition Up Whatever Which

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How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Bible Book Doubt How Itself Live Rabbi

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I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: About Argue Constant Struggle Understand

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What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Against American Common Common Enemy Community Culture Enemy Going Jewish Jewish Community Judaism Lining Peculiar Preserve Survive To Survive Tradition Unique Up You

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I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Anti-Semitism Fight Meal Organizations Think Ticket I Think

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I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Come Continue Else Grandchildren Grandparents Hope Invite Listen Own Tell Up Way Were Where Will Write I Write

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The Roosevelt enactment of Social Security was a moral revolution in our country: We were assured that we would never reach the very depths of poverty. And to be told, that we are now going to gamble it, on Wall Street, is nonsense!

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Assured Country Depths Gamble Going Moral Never Nonsense Now Our Poverty Reach Revolution Roosevelt Security Social Social Security Street Very Wall Wall Street Were Would

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But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Above Always Appointed Court Decide Enough Enough People Him Know Law One Thing People Powers Right Rises Separation Somebody Stays Surprises Thing Thought Through Who Years You

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Nobody is in the process of making any changes that we can be specific about.

~Arthur Hertzberg

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Theologian

Born: June 9th, 1921

Died: April 17th, 2006

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