The Arming of the Jews

When someone lifts his hand, the saying goes, "the Jew lifts his feet." Despite the centuries of Eastern Europe's pogroms and the ultimate horror of Hitler's death pits, the sad, self-deprecating humor persists. But for a small, growing number of New York Jews, the cultural heritage of flight or passivity is being angrily, even bitterly rejected. Especially among the young, the poor and the Orthodox in the marginal neighborhoods of the city, TIME Correspondent Leonard Levitt found a new theme emerging: "We are not going to turn the other cheek. We are not...