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Shadows of Valiant Ancestors

MY grandfather Itchky was a tough Jew. I am named after him; my Hebrew name is Yitzhak. In 1920s Chicago his five brothers (the Uncles, as they were known) — Dovie, Fat, Zus, Zell and Jules — were “betting commissioners” (read: “bookie”) for the Capone mob. As a boy I secretly relished my family's unsavory past.
Of course I had more conventional heroes too. Like my non-Jewish schoolmates I thrilled to World War II accounts like “PT 109,” or of the leatherneck marines of Guadalcanal. Hidden inside my Hebrew school texts were typical war comics of the time; Sergeant Rock and Nick Fury were particular favorites. [...]

di Edward Zwick, articolo completo (10472 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 28 dicembre 2008