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as quoted in Dreams of an Insomniac by Irena Klepfisz (1990)interview, in Writers at Work Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton (1988)"The Hole/Birth Catalog" The First Ms. Reader, ed. Francine Klagsbrun (1972)"We Are the Crazy Lady and Other Feisty Feminist Fables" The First Ms. Reader, ed. Francine Klagsbrun (1972)Woman in Sexist Society (1971)

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What was lost in the European cataclysm was not only the Jewish past—the whole life of a civilization—but also a major share of the Jewish future.... [ellipsis in source] It was not only the intellect of a people in its prime that was excised, but the treasure of a people in its potential.

Cynthia Ozick

Cynthia Ozick (b. 1928), U.S. Jewish novelist and story writer. As quoted in Dreams of an Insomniac, part 4, by Irena Klepfisz (1990).

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