COMES THE MILLENNIUM: IT'S STILL TOUGH TO BE JEWISH!

About the Book

The stories begin over 100 years ago in Sokolka, Poland, when my father escaped via an underground route, from his forced conscription into the Czar's Russian Army. The stories continue through the ensuing decades after he immigrated to America. The anecdotes describe how the family coped with the ever present stress and accommodations to their Jewishness. The tales reflect how my wife and I, collectively shared the joy and sadness in our family affairs, our career choices and achievements. Told in chronological order, the stories from my premature birth in 1913 to the 21th century, reveal the foibles, the fortuitous events and experiences during the many years when I was an officer in the U.S army. The experiences also describe my years as a clinician, an educator and research scientist. I relate how I encountered and coped with both professional accolades and overt anti-semitism from medical and dental colleagues here in America and abroad. The stories end with an ambiguous tale of the concerns of Jews in America, in Israel, and in the world at large.

About the Author

Dr. Sidney I. Silverman, a Professor Emeritis at New York University, has authored and edited five professional text books and more than 100 publications on medical and dental subjects in professional journals. An educator, research scientist and practicing clinician for more than 50 years, he served in the Armed Forces during the Second World War as a Chief of Dental Clinics during the war against Fascism. He was also the President of a Community Arts Center for five years and a Life Director of the Board of Temple Emanual, both in Great Neck, NY. Now living in Manhattan, he is a sculptor, short story writer, community activist and continues his activity in biomedical research at the NYU Medical Center.