People Love Dead Jews, by Dara Horn (2021)
I first heard of this book through Dara Horn’s podcast of the same name. After listening to the podcasts, I knew I wanted to read the book. I know of Dara Horn mostly through her novels. This book is not a work of fiction. Instead, it is a collection of 12 well-researched essays of how Jews are represented throughout history, how museums are built to honor Jewish heritage, just so long as evidence of live Jews is not present. At the Anne Frank House, for example, a young Jewish worker was informed that he could not wear his kippah.
Horn recounts how she visited the city of Harbin, China, a city that was built primarily when the Russians sent their Jews there. For a brief period in the 1930s, the city was a haven for Russian Jews. Then the War broke out. The Jews were either forced to leave or were slaughtered. Today, there is a new “memorial” honoring the Jewish citizens of this city.
Horn explores antisemitism in the United States and the world in this book. It is both disturbing and thought provoking.
Read: January 2022
4 Stars
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