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The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitism

  • Written by Rachel Gordan, Assistant Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, University of Florida
The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitismThe novel about reporter Phil Green, which was soon made into a film, put prejudice and hypocrisy in the spotlight.John Springer Collection/Corbis via Getty Images

Eighty years ago, the Jewish American novelist Laura Z. Hobson was contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help from her friends.

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