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Alice Walker’s Terrible Anti-Semitic Poem Felt Personal — to Her and to Me

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  • Dec 28, 2018
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After Alice Walker recommended an anti-Semitic book in a column for the New York Times, critics found her anti-Semitic 2017 poem “It Is Our (Frightful) Duty to Study the Talmud.” It... Show More

After Alice Walker recommended an anti-Semitic book in a column for the New York Times, critics found her anti-Semitic 2017 poem “It Is Our (Frightful) Duty to Study the Talmud.” It’s about her ex-husband, Mel Leventhal, father of Rebecca Walker.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein @IBJIYONGI · Mar 8, 2023
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Nylah Burton's essay about the antisemitism is worth a read, for people who weren't aware of that problem:
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