Unabridged Audiobook
Mnookin's main point is that "anything goes" -- Anybody who wants to declare themselves Jewish is Jewish. He thinks that since someone who's born Jewish doesn't have to do anything to be considered Jewish, someone who isn't born Jewish shouldn't have to, either. This just doesn't sit right with me. He also makes some false statements, such as that Jews have always been considered white. Jews only became white after World War II. Prior to WW II, especially during the eugenics era, there were as many as 33 different "races" and the Hebrew race was one of them. In Mnookin's last chapter he says that one of his favorite parts about writing this book was doing research on American Jewish history. If he'd really done his homework, he would not have concluded that Jews were always considered white. The narrator was easy to follow but didn't seem like a good choice for this book. Mnookin writes as a grandfather and the narrator's voice seemed like it was coming from someone much younger than Mnookin's age as of the writing of the book. Since the book is written in first person, this was somewhat of a distraction.
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