When in Doubt...Blame a Jew!: A Personal and People's Memoir of Anti-Semitism - Tapa blanda

An associate editor at Jeremy Tarcher, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc., wrote this: "When In Doubt--Blame AJew! Is a tremendous piece of work - intelligent, engaging, and personal."¿ What makesthis book unique is that it comprises a mlange of historic fact interspersedwith endemic Jewish humor.¿ It is theauthor's hope that it will provide factual information to counteract myriadmyths, distortions, and false perceptions about whothe Jews are, and their place in the world.Starting with Mary, and why shehad to be a virgin (based on the ancient Jewish custom of banishing women tothe hills during their menstrual cycle); through the Blood Libel and other unfounded accusations: to Henry Ford'sfatherhood of the Tin Lizzie and worldwide hate; to famous Jews, followed byfamous Jew-haters.¿ There are also lightmoments such as: "The Joke Is On Us," "Jewish AlphabetSoup," and "Prophecy."¿ The book applaudsthe Righteous Gentiles of World War II; acknowledges the revisionists; andsteps into the Palestinian0Israeli crisis, offering a solution.With only 14 million extanttoday, the book ends with a question - "A World WithoutJews, What Would It Be Like?"

Arnold Abbott has been describedas a realistic idealist, an eclectic iconoclast, and a rebel with manycauses.¿ Published at age 9, when he tookumbrage at Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay OnSelf Reliance, he wrote a poetic reply titled: "Yes Ralph, These Are YourPoor!"A proud liberal, he foughtfiercely in the Civil Rights movement of the 60's including going to Jackson, Mississippi to help register Negroes tovote.¿ A Pennsylvania delegate to the1964 Democratic National Convention, he gained notoriety, nationally covered,sitting with the Mississippi Freedom Delegation to protest the injustice ofbypassing them in favor of an unelected all-white group.Today, he works to better thelives of the homeless, through teaching culinary skills.