Overview
- Summary
- "First came parents with the good sense to flee Europe in 1940 and the good fortune to reach the land of freedom. Their daughter, Ruth, grew up in the shadow of genocide--but in tandem with the birth of Israel, which remained her lodestar. She learned that although Jewishness is biologically transmitted, democracy is not, and both require intensive, intelligent transmission through education in each and every generation. They need adults with the confidence to teach their importance. Ruth tried to take on that challenge as dangers to freedom mounted and shifted sides on the political spectrum. At the high point of her teaching at Harvard University, she witnessed the unraveling of standards of honesty and truth until the academy she left was no longer the one she had entered."--Page 4 of dust jacket
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : Wicked Son, [2021]
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Survival
Freedom
Responsibility
Accommodation
Discovery
Destiny
Perseverance
Ascent
Intellect
Politics
Contention
Leadership
Arrival
Reckoning
Resolve. - Notes
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Survival -- Freedom -- Responsibility -- Accommodation -- Discovery -- Destiny -- Perseverance -- Ascent -- Intellect -- Politics -- Contention -- Leadership -- Arrival -- Reckoning -- Resolve.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781642939705
1642939706 - Physical Description
- 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Judaism and politics. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Biographies. Holocauste, 1939-1945--Récits personnels. Judaïsme et politique. Children of Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography. Jews--United States--Identity. Biography. Autobiography. Personal Narrative. Autobiographies. Biographies. Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Wisse, Ruth R.
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