Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
by Abigail Pogrebin
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Author: Abigail PogrebinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-25
ISBN: 0767916123
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Riveting and revealing
Summary: 5 Stars
What struck me in this highly polished, riveting interviews of the many Jewish stars is the amount of research Abigail Pogrebin had conducted in preparation for each interview. It was clear that she had read everything published by and about each of the celebrities from various fields, be it politics or music. She read foreign media if relevant. The result of this exploration of what it means for these successful people in the public eye to be Jewish is how this identity is embedded in most of them, as inseparable as their other identities such as their gender.
While I found it fascinating to read about their pride in their Jewishness, it also hurt to read how little many of them had done to halt or slow down the assimilation of their own children. Mike Wallace, who named his son "Chris," (how more Christian can a name be?) insisted to Chris that he was nevertheless Jewish. Kenneth Cole, in a rare baring-of-his-heart moment admitted to regret "every day" the agreement he had made with his wife, Maria Cuomo, to raise their daughters as Catholic. Kyra Sedgwick, who had been obsessed with the Holocaust in her young adulthood, married without even a rabbi present.
But then, from the interviews, the picture that emerges is that many prominent Jews did not appreciate the depth of their connection to their Jewish roots until later in life.
Lessons learned? Hebrew school must change drastically in the USA to save the next generation of Jews.
Talia Carner, author,
Puppet Child and China Doll
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