Jewish Exponent
By Glenn S. Easton
I didn’t realize it at the time, but as a Jewish kid growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, many people are now telling us that I grew up in a “bubble” of Jewish accomplishment, acceptance, creativity, stability, communal involvement and peace.
Israel, after the 1967 Six-Day War, brought pride to American Jews and a degree of safety to Israel’s citizens. In America, the post-Holocaust Jewish community thrived as synagogues and Jewish community centers blossomed, degrees in Jewish studies appeared in American universities, Jewish youth groups (and their trips to Israel) flourished. The only communication technology seen on the High Holy Days were the transistor radios (with that wired earphone running up our suit coat sleeve) that gave us World Series updates.
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