Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... Jewish Agency demanded that , in addition to these guerrilla forces , a Jewish army be created for the defence of Palestine . If there were Czech , Polish and Free French units in the Allied forces , why shouldn't Jews fight as Jews for ...
... Jewish Agency demanded that , in addition to these guerrilla forces , a Jewish army be created for the defence of Palestine . If there were Czech , Polish and Free French units in the Allied forces , why shouldn't Jews fight as Jews for ...
Page 121
... Jews would survive and be available for emigration to Palestine . As Berlin reported , Weizmann went on : While he regarded this as tragic in itself , it seemed to him to make the Jewish problem more soluble along Zionist lines , since ...
... Jews would survive and be available for emigration to Palestine . As Berlin reported , Weizmann went on : While he regarded this as tragic in itself , it seemed to him to make the Jewish problem more soluble along Zionist lines , since ...
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... Jews in its midst ? He quoted Eliot's words back to him : ' reasons of race and religion make any large number of free - thinking Jews undesirable ' . " So much for Eliot's insistence that ' race ' had nothing to do with the ' Jewish ...
... Jews in its midst ? He quoted Eliot's words back to him : ' reasons of race and religion make any large number of free - thinking Jews undesirable ' . " So much for Eliot's insistence that ' race ' had nothing to do with the ' Jewish ...
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