Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Commentary: Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse, Reviewed by Bret Stephens - '...it is a testament to the importance of her theme, and to the thoroughness with which she examines it, that Jews and Power can also serve as a basis for pondering the broader self-doubt, often cloaked in pretensions of superior morality, that today infects much of the liberal democratic West. For providing that lesson, and for doing so with passion, eloquence, and peerless intellectual verve, Ruth Wisse deserves all honor and gratitude.'
