From Berlin to Berkeley: German-Jewish Identities

Originally published in 1986, From Berlin to Berkeley is an intellectual portrait of one of America’s leading 20th century social scientists, Reinhard Bendix, and his father, Ludwig Bendix. It discusses cultural identity and assimilation and provides a profound account of Ludwig Bendix’s life as a lawyer and critic of the German judicial system, his identification with German culture and his emigration to Palestine during Hitler’s regime. Bendix then examines the relationship with his fathe...