People love dead Jews : reports from a haunted present
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Published
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0393531562, 9780393531565
Physical Desc
xxi, 237 pages ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor) | NF 909.04924 HORN 2021 | Checked Out | April 28, 2024 |
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Published
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0393531562, 9780393531565
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237).
Description
"A startling exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster travelling exhibition called "Auschwitz," the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin, and the little known "righteous-gentile" Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, as emblematic of the worst of evils the world has to offer, and so little respect for Jewish lives, as they continue to unfold in the present. Horn draws upon her own family life -- trying to explain Shakespeare's Shylock to a curious 10-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children's school in New Jersey, the profound and essential perspective offered by traditional religious practice, prayer, and study -- to assert the vitality, complexity and depth of this life against an anti-Semitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of "Never forget," is on the rise"--,Provided by publisher.
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cc,2021-11-02,JV
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Horn, D. (2021). People love dead Jews: reports from a haunted present (First edition.). W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horn, Dara, 1977-. 2021. People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Horn, Dara, 1977-. People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Horn, Dara. People Love Dead Jews: Reports From a Haunted Present First edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
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