Michael Galchinsky

In the wake of the Holocaust, a Jewish lawyer coined the term "genocide" and Jews played a major role in drafting UN human rights initiatives. Through tracing Jewish responses to Soviet treatment of Jews and non-Jewish mass killings, Galchinsky explains the lack of activists' conflict between their support for international human rights, Jewish nationalism, and domestic pluralism--the three "weddings" of the title. Appendices include a summary table of genocides up to the present Darfur situation, and human rights treaties adopted by Israel.

Dancing at Three Weddings

Jews and Human Rights

Susannah Heschel

David Biale

Susan Heschel

"Invaluable reading for anyone interested in multiculturalism."—Julius Lester, author of Lovesong "I know of no other work that, through numerous insights and useful distinctions, so alerts us to and comprehensively documents the ongoing constitutive role of Christian and anti-semitic perceptions of Jewish existence and the interactions between them. Whereas much contemporary historiography has become so specialized that historians have surrendered the larger picture, Biale's panoramic perspective reveals the great value and interest of this work."—Steven E. Aschheim, author of Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad

Michael Galchinsky

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