'That Was Then, This is Now' by S.E. Hinton & 'Chutzpah by Alan Dershowitz

Good afternoon, I neglected to add 'That Was Then, This is Now' by S.E. Hinton earlier in the week. It was a quick read, I finished it in a couple of hours. This was a really enjoyable book about two boys growing up in the sixties in a single parent home. One of the boy's parents both shot themselves in an argument and consequently the mother of the other boy graciously took him in. They remain great friends until the end of the book...I will not tell you why. This is interesting read because the climax comes at the end...but I won't ruin it.

I finished John Perkins 'Confession of an Economic Hitman' over the weekend and started Alan Dershowitz's 'Chutzpah'. I was very skeptical at the beginning but I am really enjoying it. He discusses his upbringing in a traditional, Jewish home; he attended Yeshiva for both elementary and high school and then matriculates to New York City College and then of Course to Yale for Law School. His insights are interesting especially regarding his career as a 'Jewish' clerk in the Supreme Court and faculty member at Harvard. Even if you are not a fan of Dershowitz and whom he advocates for; this is nonetheless an interesting read on how a traditional Jew confronts modernity in the cut-throat world of jurisprudence, Anti-Semitism and political autonomy.