My Beloved France

Sarah Lévy

1930

Have I made it clear how much I indulge my husband? Seven years of love had been simply one long series of concessions, joyfully made in a whirl of happiness. I adjusted to everything, all the Christian customs, so long as they didn’t compromise my loyalty to Judaism. I even came out here to find out more. The consequences were just now dawning on…

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Sarah Lévy

Early 20th Century

Sarah Lévy was the pseudonym of a novelist and poet who was active in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Her sensationalist novel O mon goye! (1929), with its harsh portrayal of Jews, was much discussed in Jewish and non-Jewish circles.

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