'I am a Quaker and a Marxist. Some Friends will find this puzzling, but it is no problem for me...' Photo: Christian Thiergan / Wikimedia Commons.

Muriel Seltman writes about reconciling the spiritual and the philosophical

Quaker and Marxist?

Muriel Seltman writes about reconciling the spiritual and the philosophical

by Muriel Seltman 18th January 2019

I am a Quaker and a Marxist. Some Friends will find this puzzling, but it is no problem for me, as I moved seamlessly into this situation in the course of my life.

I was born in 1927 and, coming from a Jewish family, I heard heated arguments concerning the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Treaty of Versailles and everything that these entailed – including, of course, the treatment of Jews in Germany.