What is forgotten is the swath of blood and rape and mayhem a Jewish-Soviet journalist called Ilya Ehrenburg caused half a century ago.
Nobody is innocent.
This book has just been published, reportedly after thirteen years of research and writing, including two months of examining newly available material in Russian archives and libraries. The author also conducted personal interviews with more than one hundred people who knew Ehrenburg, locating them in Russia, England, France, Spain, Israel, and the United States. Mr. Rubenstein is well-connected and widely published. He has contributed articles and reviews on Russian and international affairs to many publications - including Commentary, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Since 1975, Mr. Rubenstein has been the Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA, overseeing Amnesty's work in New England, New York and New Jersey.