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Acknowledgments The ide a fo r a volum e devote d t o th e man y committe d Jewis h intellectuals wh o wer e influentia l an d playe d a n importan t rol e i n American Jewis h lif e i n th e critica l year s o f th e 1930s , 1940s , an d 1950s originate d a t a pane l entitle d "Th e Othe r Ne w Yor k Jewis h Intellectuals: Hayi m Greenberg , Mauric e Samuel , an d Mari e Syr kin " tha t I organize d fo r th e Conferenc e fo r th e Associatio n fo r Jewish Studie s i n 1989 . Be n Halper n wa s presen t a t tha t meeting , and i t wa s a t hi s suggestio n tha t I began t o thin k o f a boo k o n th e subject. Th e AJ S panel wa s followed b y a n expande d conferenc e o n the sam e subjec t sponsore d b y th e Joseph an d Cei l Maze r Institut e for Research an d Advance d Stud y i n Judaica o f the Graduate Schoo l of Cit y Universit y o f Ne w Yor k an d th e Judaic Studie s Departmen t of th e Stat e Universit y o f Ne w Yor k a t Ston y Brook . Fo r thi s latte r conference I a m gratefu l t o Rober t Seltze r fo r hi s proposa l tha t w e hold suc h a meetin g an d fo r hi s effort s t o hel p organiz e it . Earlie r versions o f som e o f th e essay s i n thi s volum e wer e presente d a t th e two conferences . I a m als o gratefu l t o th e America n Jewis h Ar chives a t Hebre w Unio n Colleg e i n Cincinnat i fo r awardin g m e a Lowenstein-Weiner fellowshi p fo r researc h o n Mari e Syrkin . I t wa s while I was workin g o n he r biograph y a t th e Archive s tha t I cam e to realiz e tha t ther e wer e tw o clearl y distinguishabl e group s o f Jewish intellectual s activ e i n Americ a i n th e first hal f o f thi s cen tury , an d tha t on e o f the m ha d neve r bee n properl y recognized . Finally, I am indebted t o Thomas Kranida s who gave me, a s always, his ow n uniqu e combinatio n o f intellectua l insigh t an d emotiona l support. CAROLE S . KESSNE R XI ...

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