Subject: Re: Cheever and Salinger
From: Valerie (kate.beown@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 16:14:41 EDT
From: "Jim Rovira" <jrovira@drew.edu>
> Ah, yeah, I can see an emotional commitment. But by commitment I meant
the
> willingness to follow through regardless of rejection by a small segment
of the
> community. If he really turned his back on Judaism at that point and
never
> looked back...he wasn't committed to it.
OK! I think we agree. I just didn't feel that the word 'commitment' meant
something so...committed! My English is not precise enough...
> I agree, though...the question was designed to determine whether he was or
was
> not "really" Jewish. And this would be painful and disappointing to
someone who
> would always feel excluded for some reason or other.
Yes. To Jews, he was not jewish. To others, he was jewish. To himself, it
was chaotic.
Thanks for your replies, Jim.
Valérie
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