If I Am Not For Myself is a passionate, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty-first century.
Rather, he argues for a richer, more multi-dimensional understanding of Jewish history and identity, and reclaims vital political and personal space for those castigated as self-haters by the Jewish establishment..
In the course of this deeply personal story, Marqusee refutes the claims of Israel and Zionism on Jewish loyalty and laments their impact on the Jewish diaspora.
Interwoven with this are the experiences of his grandfather\'s life in Jewish New York of the 1930s and 40s, his struggles with anti-Semitism and the twists and turns that led him from anti-fascism to militant Zionism.
It traces the author\'s upbringing in 1960s Jewish-American suburbia, his anti-war and pro-Palestinian activism on the British left, and life as a Jew among Muslims in Pakistan, Morocco, and Britain.
If I Am Not For Myself is a passionate, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty-first century
