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A Very Real Person

A Very Real Person

Jewish Writing and the Deep Places of the Imagination, by MARK KRUPNICK. Edited by JEAN K. CARNEY and MARK SHECHNER. University of Wisconsin.

Reviewed by MERLE RUBIN

What does it mean to consider yourself a Jew if you have no interest, let alone belief, in the religion, no connection to Jewish organizations or Zionism, minimal knowledge of Jewish history and culture, but only a strongly ingrained sense that you are somehow, indubitably,Jewish? One response to this question comes from Philip Roth's character Nathan Zuckerman, who claims he is a Jew on account of anti-Semitism. In this case, considering oneself a Jew is at least a kind of ethical stand: to deny being ...

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