Jews and Blacks

Credible and important.Kirkus Reviews. Examining the issues that have united Blacks and Jews in the past and now separate them two long-time friends and leading intellectuals try to restore the special relationship between the two groups in a hard-hitting and worthwhile exchange.. Can Jews and Blacks be friends and allies once again? It''s neither easy nor impossible say Michael Lerner and Cornel West in a dialogue that looks at the most pressing problems of contemporary America through the prism of the relationship between their two communities. In a dialogue that is always respectful though sometimes marked by tension they help each other understand their different ways of looking at the world. Avoiding easy outs and quick fixes they explore such subjects as Louis Farrakhan Zionism the economic inequalities between Jewish and Black communities crime and affirmative action.. Both powerful public intellectuals Lerner and West take on some of the most demanding problems of our time in a sophisticated but extremely accessible way. They conclude with a plan for healing the rifts that have developed. But in a deeper sense it is their dialogue itself that is healing.A model for both the Black and Jewish communities this book suggests that healing and transformation are possible and that hope can triumph over cynicism and despair.. With a new epilogue on the O.J. Simpson verdict and the Million Man March.