The Blessing of Assimilation in Jewish History
Gerson D. Cohen
1966
I trust that none of my remarks will be understood to say that assimilation is not now, or has not always been, a great threat to the Jewish group. In a sense, the problem of assimilation is as old as Hebrew literature. And with good reason. There have always been opportunists and despondent people who have preferred to identify totally with the…
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