Reviews tagging 'Violence'
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn
10 reviews
unsuccessfulbookclub's review
5.0
Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
leandrathetbrzero's review
5.0
↓ This book inspires me to read ↓
1. The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman’s Commentary on the Torah by Ellen Frankel
2. If All The Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan
3. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi
Dara Horn encourages her readers to reflect on their own knowledge and preconceived notions about Judaism and historical antisemitism. Through a mixture of personal stories, research, and collected interviews, she investigates why oppression and violence toward Jews makes such a compelling, marketable narrative to non-Jewish populations. A moving, informative read, People Love Dead Jews searches for the answers to modern society’s obsession with the death of Jews.
My advice is for you to read the first chapter, which focuses on Anne Frank, everyone’s “second favorite dead Jew” as described by Horn and the person whose life on which many of us (particularly Americans) base our understanding of Jews. That chapter will convince you to read the rest and expand your knowledge about the historical oppression of Jewish people. Horn travels the world both physically and through her research of primary documents and interviews of people from various backgrounds. I feel equally more informed and motivated to keep educating myself on Jewish and Jewish American heritage. I was moved to tears multiple times, and I cannot express how grateful I am that my library had a copy of this book in its collection. I can assure you that I will be adding it as a recommendation in the Staff Picks section as often as I can!
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Graphic: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Violence, and Hate crime
razzberry_pi's review
2.25
However, a large majority of the chapters are tainted by the authors very clear pro-Israel feelings. On multiple occasions she conflates antisemitism and antizionism, including comparing the BDS movement to Nazi Germany while refusing to make the same comparison with mass shooters. Additionally, the author makes some shitty comments less/dif erently observant jews, impling that they are essentially collaborators with antisemites and degrading yhe the jewish people.
Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, Torture, and Gun violence
Moderate: Sexism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, and War
emzconklin's review
4.5
Antisemitism is on the upswing in the present year of 2023 and it’s never exactly been low. This book remains all too necessary. It challenged me in a lot of ways; I hope everyone reads it and engages with those challenges.
Graphic: Antisemitism and Murder
Moderate: Violence and Gun violence
lcdavenport's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Murder, and Violence
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review
4.25
Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Deportation, Gaslighting, and Grief
ecnolte's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, and War
ashleysimon's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Violence
marpaige's review
5.0
Graphic: Genocide and Violence
clarabooksit's review against another edition
4.5
-It gutted my understanding of what anti-semitism really is and how it functions in society by highlighting just how insidious and pervasive it is.
-I was breathless, heartbroken and enraged while reading this.
-Horn’s persistent hope, compassion and humor are inspiring.
-I couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Xenophobia