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Avishai,
David Grossman • A Horse Walks into a Bar
by the sort of relatable dead Jews whom readers can really get behind: the mostly non-religious, mostly non-Yiddish-speaking ones whom noble people tried to save, and whose deaths therefore teach us something beautiful about our shared and universal humanity, replete with epiphanies and moments of grace.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
It is fascinating to speculate, is it not, on how the word generally gets about.
Mick Jackson • The Underground Man
in a godless universe death doesn’t mean what it once did.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
WHEN BIALIK PUBLISHED “To the Bird” in 1892, Jewish life in eastern Europe was miserable in many ways.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Given the unbearable
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Jews did not want to belong to the club that would have them as a member. They were Jacobs who did not want to be Jacob.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
His great power is that he remains exactly who he always was.