The Chosen Visions of America Quotes

This aspect of American life is completely foreign to Reuven at the start of the novel, but as a result of his friendship with Danny, his vision of America expands to include people whom he doesn’t understand.

David Malter has a beautiful vision of America. It’s also a little idealistic. The novel doesn’t get into it, but being a Jew in 1944 in America wasn’t necessarily easy. Today, things are much better, partly due to the fact that men like David dared to dream.

The irony here is that restrictive American immigration policies during World War II contributed the destruction of American Jewry. Yet, David’s passion, his vision of America, is the kind of vision that inspired American Jews to make the most of the U.S. and make many great contributions.