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JEWISH BOOK ANNUAL
Judaism of today’s New York Jews would not please Moses
Weinberger, but his angry scowl might soften into an expression
of bewildered surprise.”25 Harkavy’s reaction to traditional Jew
ish life in rural America would no doubt be equally harsh, but
he too might be bewildered by the range and depth of the man
ifestations of Jewish life in the “darkness of the country.”
25. Weinberger/Sarna, p. 26.