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The Spokesman Conundrum: “Is It Good for the Jews?”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Aviam Soifer
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Abstract

Battles concerning who legitimately speaks for minority groups pervade US history. The historically decentralized organization of American Jewry affords a prime example of this key leadership dilemma. Competing approaches to how to deal with Henry Ford's virulent anti‐Semitism and extensive hate speech in the 1920s underscore the familiar, yet seldom carefully analyzed, tension between confrontation and negotiation that is often faced by outside groups and their spokesmen who seek change, wish to defend themselves, and/or hope for increased inclusion.

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Review Essay
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , Fall 2015 , pp. 1039 - 1048
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2015 

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