The Jewish Object: A Shopper’s Report
Ruth Gay
1951
In the new religious revival, the theologians and philosophers have it easy; they can battle about the nature of revelation endlessly in the pages of Commentary. Parents and householders, on the other hand, caught up in the new urge toward Jewish observance, find themselves with problems needing immediate, practical answers. Once they have decided…
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