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jpowerj's review against another edition
4.0
A super detail-oriented book about the organizations that capitalize on the Holocaust in order to line their coffers, an infuriating phenomenon that I'm so glad is being brought up and analyzed critically here. In particular, the hypocrisy of the Holocaust Industry "shaking down" Switzerland and other European countries while ignoring US complicity in the genocide is just disgusting, and for that reason alone it is worth reading this book and considering its arguments. I guess I give it 4 stars rather than 5 just because I'm still waiting for a sliightly less caustic book that I could recommend to people who are skeptical that there is a leech-like Holocaust Industry in the US. Basically, an Amnesty-International-style report giving just the facts from this book condensed into maybe a dozen pages would be perfect.
lilly71490's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
nithya_natalya's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
5.0
This book was on a lot of lists being shared with resources for learning about Palestine. Norman Finkelstein's interviews have also been resurfacing quite a bit, so it was great to read some of his scholarship directly. This particular book was helpful in understanding the ways in which Jewish grief has been exploited and misused to justify violent occupation, and deflect genuine critique of state-sponsored violence. There are people who have accused Finkelstein of being self-hating and antisemitic, but I think this text makes abundantly clear that he is very simply of the side of liberation. A quote from his introduction in speaking about his mother who was a concentration camp survivor, "In the face of the sufferings of African Americans, Vietnamese, and Palestinians, my mother's credo always was: We are all holocaust victims."Â
thestarrfish's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Damn. Growing up Jewish and within the Jewish American education system, I learned about none of this. All that I learned has me horrified, upset, and angry at the ways in which certain Jewish individuals have exploited the trauma our people have faced in order to gain money for themselves and for Israel. It is honestly disturbing the willingness to use Holocaust survivors like this. Finkelstein is brilliant and such a needed voice.
latisha's review against another edition
I do think there’s some value in this book’s ideas but it also just reads as a personal disagreement list. Like each paragraph is a different person the author has issue with, it’s just too much for me
shima707's review against another edition
4.0
A very interesting book offering a view of the events from a different analytical perspective.
A must read for anyone who doesn't fear to be different in a world that tries so desperately to fit in the crowd.
A must read for anyone who doesn't fear to be different in a world that tries so desperately to fit in the crowd.