On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
Ilan Stavans
2001
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This text recounts acts of antisemitic violence. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence of any kind.
[…] [I]f suddenly Mexico and Israel went to war, on which side would I fight? My cowardly answer was plain and simple: “I really wasn’t cut out to be a soldier. So on neither one, since I’m a pacifist.”
Well, at least I thought so, but my recruitment by Bitakhon, which took place during my last year of high school, I took more seriously. It was…
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