Edward Shapiro

Edward Shapiro is professor of history emeritus at Seton Hall University and the author of “A Time for Healing: American Jewry Since World War II” and “Crown Heights: Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot.”

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World War II - A Turning Point For American Jewry: Marking 75 Years Since the Japanese Surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur

By Edward Shapiro

Henry Kissinger, who had fled to America when he was 15, served in the Army during the war, and later noted that his service had made him into a real American.