For George Eliot, to Appreciate the Jews Was to Save England

In a new lecture series, a master teacher shows the enduring relevance of the great 19th-century novelist’s Daniel Deronda.

Ruth Wisse teaching Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Tikvah Fund.

Ruth Wisse teaching Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Tikvah Fund.
Observation
Allan Arkush
March 15 2017
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Allan Arkush is the senior contributing editor of the Jewish Review of Books and professor of Judaic studies and history at Binghamton University.

“I am Daniel Deronda.”

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