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“” In Philip Roth’s, “”, Sergeant Nathan Marx is the “Defender” of whom the title speaks. Reluctant at first, Marx defended his faith on two fronts, one across the sea in Europe and the second in the Un ....

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... Marx’s next opponents. Grossbart first introduced himself as “Sheldon” to try to get on a first name basis with Marx for a familiarity that Marx did not want. Grossbart suspected Marx was Jewish by the spelling of his last name which he spelled out as “M-a-r-x”. Grossbart led Marx into believing he was interested in going to church instead of cleaning the barracks. Marx knowing it was unfair that they were denied the chance to attend service told Grossbart he could “attend shul”. By calling the service shul and not church Grossbart knew Marx was Jewish. When Grossbart tried to correct him by sayi ...