People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present, by Dana Horn

Non-Fiction 2021, 272 pages

 Weaving together history, social science, and personal story, Horn’s 12 essays address the different ways we commemorate Jewish tragedy and asks why “the enormous interest in past Jewish suffering” does not signify respect for living Jews, but instead, minimizes the current crisis of antisemitism. With a sharp sense of humor and fluid prose, this account will provoke soul searching .Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice. Click here for ZOOM.

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