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...more careful to expunge his or her Jewishness than Jews who were in the public eye," declares Charles E. Silberman in this examination of the past, present and potential futures of American Jews--one of the most thorough journalistic surveys of American Jewish life ever published. Actors who wound up in Hollywood got camouflage names whether they wanted them or not. While pioneer moviemakers like Harry Cohn, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer and Adolph Zukor retained Jewish-sounding names, they were "determined to avoid any hint of Jewishness in the films they created." Some notables avoided this identification so assiduously...
...major goal of the summer subcommittee is to produce a report that is longer and more thorough than the nine-page March report. The Draft Final Report is far shorter than the reports of curricular reviews in past decades, such as the Redbook of the late 1940s, a national bestseller that laid out a theory of a liberal arts education for a post-war American society...
...vision for undergraduate education is that each student be supported and encouraged in planning his or her own “international experience.” The Curricular Review’s most recent report stresses the need for “global competency” and a more thorough understanding of cultures and societies that are not our own. If the College plans to seriously pursue this expectation it is essential that Harvard provide as diverse a set of opportunities and destinations as possible. While the report recognizes that any international experience can be significant in instilling this understanding...
That slam broke a 0-0 tie in the third inning and built the foundation for a thorough and relentless offensive outburst...
That slam broke a 0-0 tie in the third inning and built the foundation for a thorough and relentless offensive outburst...