Elena Kagan: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) Illustrated Edition

Really enjoyed this informative book

Not a great bio, but is the only one on Kagan I could find.

The book corrects the newspapers of the time.The Soviet Union Flair, May 10-11, 2010Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court WannabeeHer first name is written almost in Cyrillic letters and both BBC and The New York Times mentioned that her ancestors coming from the Russian Empire. This figure of speech becomes the euphemism for the Jewish origin. But the word “Jew” was not used by American journalists since it probably sounded a bit like a “Yid” in Moscow. Surprise, surprise... The word “Jew” is a kind of taboo in both countries—the US and the former USSR. A word “Jewish” fares a tad better. The NYT, for a change, does talk about Ms. Kagan's synagogue but avoids even the word “Jewish”. I just hope The Wall Street Journal is not so sensitive to the words "Jew" and "Jewess." Check it out and let us know right here.Moscow fashion!on her sunglassesthe unpeeled stickerJerusalem Day in Boston Public Library. May 12, 2010All celebrants got a wake-up call from a group of Muslims, Jews and Christians unfurling their banners “WE WANT IT ALL” and displaying some silent criticism of Israel via their anti-Zionist shirts with some kind of tsitsit, the long threads on garment fringes.Mr. Jacobson of Zamir Chorale of Boston made a presentation which I did not particularly like because he elected to talk at length about the tune borrowing and the outright plagiarism by composers of the famous Israeli songs performed by Yoram Gaon (“Pisgat haTsofim”) and Shuli Nathan (“Yirushalaim shel Zahav” by Naomi Shemer). Though this piracy could be true, Mr. Jacobson forgot to uplift our mood by the mere fact that the synagogue cantillations were the primary sources for musical culture of Europe including Poland and Portugal!The virtual Zionist House of New England should be put on notice.packing in Jerusalem:from my suitcase the scentof my Boston basement

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