finalgirlfall's review against another edition
2.0
2.5, rounded down. some of the works in this collection really struck me—particularly moira leibowitz's "dialectics of mourning, dialectics of bricks" and rosza daniel lang/levitsky's "'spilling out juice and brightness'"—particularly for their having been written, seemingly, from precisely my perspective. but many of the creators included in this collection seemed to be working from a definition of judaism that excludes converts and those who are not ashkenazim—by (implicitly) assuming, for example, that all currently anarchist jews have family who died in the shoah, or who fled pogroms. also, none of the works in this collection seemed to have been written by converts to judaism—only ethnic jews! which makes the supposed "anarchist" ethos of the anthology feel rather disingenuous to me ("no gods, no masters", etc.)
nfiertz's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
rdh217's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
amydavid's review
5.0
This warmed my heart and really lit a fire under me. I was not expecting such a wide variety in this anthology, and it definitely delivered.
marcythekittyqueen's review against another edition
5.0
So beautiful and moving. I’m re-examining what it means to be Jewish.
mordshunger's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
Many-facetted work of love. I am grateful to have had this recommended to me.
jskstarr's review against another edition
5.0
This book meant everything to me. I took so long to finish it because I didn't want to go back into a world where I wasn't actively reading queer diasporic Jewish anarchists every night.