Square One

Forster, Arnold & Epstein, Benjamin R.

ISBN 10: 1556111045 / ISBN 13: 9781556111044

Published by Donald I. Fine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1988

About this Item

The book has the red remainder dot on the bottom side edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Square One
• Publisher: Donald I. Fine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556111045
• ISBN 13: 9781556111044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History
  • Law
  • Judaic

About this title

Synopsis

The author recounts his fifty-year battle against anti-Semitism in America and abroad, touching on such timely issues as Israeli-Arab conflicts, anti-Semitic organizations, and the Sharon-Time magazine libel case

Reviews

Traditional, organized anti-Semitism has decreased sharply over the past 40 years, but Forster, chief attorney for the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, notes that anti-Jewish attitudes are still deep-rooted and pervasive. As the title of this punchy autobiographical memoir implies, society is almost "back to square one" in the fight against bigotry. One need not agree with his opinions on Jesse Jackson or Israel's handling of the Palestinian uprising to appreciate this outspoken and deeply disturbing report. Forster speaks from firsthand experience: he battled McCarthyism and blacklisting, led the fight against the Arab boycott of U.S. companies doing business with Israel, covered the Adolf Eichmann trial for Look , hobnobbed with Walter Mondale, Henry Luce, Golda Meir, Ben-Gurion. Starting with assaults on Jews made by Father Coughlin, McCarthy, the German-American Bund and the KKK, and continuing to recent incidents, Forster names names and exposes bigots in a jolting reassessment of how American Jews fare today.
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