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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ostensible argument of the book is that Jews should employ more chutzpah when it comes to standing up against anti-Semitism. ("Chutzpah" is an untranslatable Yiddish term describing qualities of assertiveness, demandingness and gall.) Dershowitz argues that Jews have too long allowed themselves to be trodden upon--to be treated as second-class citizens--because they are too concerned about making a favorable impression on their Gentile "hosts...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Oy, Vey! Dershowitz Has a Lot of Chutzpah in Chutzpah | 6/4/1991 | See Source »

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