Generation without Memory: A Jewish Journey in Christian America

Anne Roiphe

1981

There are contradictions and ambivalences in our celebrating Thanksgiving. We are recent Americans. It wasn’t the Mayflower that brought our people over here. We know too much about what the coming of the white men did to the Indian and therefore the sweet pictures that the children draw of Pilgrim and corn provoke other images of Indians dying of…

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Anne Roiphe

b. 1935

Anne Roiphe, born in New York City, is a novelist, nonfiction writer, and social commentator. Her works address a range of topics, including Jewish identity, feminism, marriage, and dysfunctional families. In 1996 she was a National Book Award finalist.

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