The Exile Paradox  – The American Israelite Newspaper

The Exile Paradox  – The American Israelite Newspaper

“Exile and the Jews: Literature, History, and Identity”Edited by Nancy E. Berg and Marc Saperstein At the moment of birth, we all begin as exiles, forced to leave our mother’s womb. “Exile and the Jews: Literature, History, and Identity” takes us on a journey that starts at birth and travels through thousands of years of Jewish experience. The book quotes Arnold Eisen, a noted Jewish scholar, who said, “to write the history of Jewish exiles is t…