Fools by Joan Silber Dictionaries The 1935 autobiography of Alexander

The 1935 autobiography of Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz

" Born in present-day Belarus

A National Jewish Book Award winner

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Fools by Joan Silber Dictionaries The 1935 autobiography of AlexanderWhen is it wise to be a fool for something? What makes people want to be better than they are? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silbers dazzling new story cycle tackle this question head on. Vera, the shy, anarchist daughter of missionary parents, leaves her family for love and activism in New York. A generation later, her own doubting daughter insists on the truth of