“There is a mystery about the Jews … and within this mystery lies the reason for the folk pride of the house of Abraham. This pride exists despite the disabilities that come from many centuries of ostracism.”

This is My God: The Jewish Way of Life (1959)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning American author whose novels include… 1915–2019

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