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A review by youngthespian42
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn
5.0
This book is devastating and haunting. I had to read it one chapter a day because I was so tired and overwhelmed with how the author portrays her people’s collective history and struggle. She slices into America notions of “doing the right thing” by the Jewish people with medical precision.
The true history of Anne Frank, Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, and Shylock from Merchant of Venice are not spared by Horn as she exposed the stories we tell ourselves about Dead Jews to feel better about ourselves. It ends as she explain Yiddish literary tradition ends: without closure, a call to action, or feel good moment. Read this book.
The true history of Anne Frank, Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof, and Shylock from Merchant of Venice are not spared by Horn as she exposed the stories we tell ourselves about Dead Jews to feel better about ourselves. It ends as she explain Yiddish literary tradition ends: without closure, a call to action, or feel good moment. Read this book.