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Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism
You're invited to a book party for author Jack Ross
WHAT: Book Party for Jack Ross, author of "Rabbi Outcast: Elmer Berger and American Jewish Anti-Zionism"
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, January 26, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West (Between 1st and 2nd streets. Take 2, 3 trains or 41 bus to Grand Army Plaza, or 69, 67 bus to 7th Ave. and 1st Street .)
HOW MUCH: Free! (donations welcome)
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* All are welcome * There will be plenty of time for questions and comments * Light refreshments will be served
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Praise for Rabbi Outcast:
“An important book for anyone interested in understanding the complex history of how American Jews
have related to the State of Israel. Jack Ross not only tells a fascinating story about the life and times of
Rabbi Elmer Berger, a deeply committed anti-Zionist, but he also makes it clear that Zionism is not the
religion of all American Jews and certainly was not in the decades before Israel was created."
-- John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago , coauthor of
The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy.
"A seminal book, nothing less than the rediscovery of American Jewry's dissenting tradition… a
nuanced and readable portrait of people and ideas undeservedly erased from American Jewish history."
-- Murray Polner, author of Rabbi: The American Experience,
and coeditor of Shalom: The Jewish Peace Letter.
Jack Ross is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn . His work has appeared widely,
including Taki’s Magazine, Washington Report for Middle East Affairs, The American
Conservative, History News Network, and the blog Mondoweiss.net. He is a member of
the Kolot Chayeinu Synagogue.
Sponsored by: Brooklyn For Peace and the BFP Israel-Palestine
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