Memories of Memories : Essays on the Bicultural Education of a Second-Generation Member of America's Italian Hebrew Diaspora

The Italian Fascist racial laws of 1938 drove the author's Jewish parents and brothers into exile from their comfortable upper-middle-class life in Italy, where they and their ancestors had prospered for countless centuries. They settled first in France and later in the Unit-ed States. where George was born in 1945. He grew up speaking Italian, English and French in a multi-cultural householdthat divided its time between the US and post-war Italy. This background together with a rigorous scientific education made him a keen observer and positioned him for academic and business success. In this series of essays, he reflects on his personal life experiences and his family's history to distill the fundamental values that shaped his life. His story is told from the unique perspective of one who was simultaneously a "native" and an outsider on both sides of the Atlantic and thus could view national cultures and events as both a local participant and a disinterested observer.