Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Sam Jaffe: Prof. Fred Lieberman

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• Professor Fred Lieberman : Millions of people nowadays are religious only in the vaguest sense. I've often wondered why the Jews among them still go on calling themselves Jews. Do you know, Mr. Green?

  Phil Green : No, but I'd like to.

  Professor Fred Lieberman : Because the world still makes it an advantage not to be one. Thus it becomes a matter of pride to go on calling ourselves Jews.

• Phil Green : I'm doing a series for him on anti-Semitism.

  Professor Fred Lieberman : For or against?

  Phil Green : Well, he thought we might hash over some ideas.

  Professor Fred Lieberman : What sort of ideas?

  Phil Green : Palestine, for instance. Zionism.

  Professor Fred Lieberman : Which? Palestine as a refuge... or Zionism as a movement for a Jewish state?

  Phil Green : The confusion between the two, more than anything.

  Professor Fred Lieberman : If we agree there's confusion, we can talk. We scientists love confusion...