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Who is Mel Leventhal from Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self and what is their importance?

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Mel Leventhal is Rebecca's father. He is initially portrayed as a loving father, who was encouraging and engaged. After he remarried, however, that dynamic began to change..... something Rebecca blames on his desire to erase his past.

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Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self