From Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson: “The UK was the only country in the world, during the 1960s and 1970s, where
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Category: Jewishness
Jew or Jewish Person
Mark Oppenheimer in the New York Times asks why people (including Jews) don’t or won’t use the word Jew, when
Continue readingWhich is the Merchant Here?
Look out for Which is the Merchant Here? On the Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender by Julie Mell.
Continue readingJewy Books: Including Jewish Characters Doesn’t Have To Be a Big Deal Anymore
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Continue readingWhat Is a Jew?
From David Brauner in Post-War Jewish Fiction For some Judaism is an innate, inalienable property, for others a learned tradition; for
Continue readingIdentity as Art
“Many of history’s most influential artists were Jews who based their work on the their identity…Conflick makes great art, particularly
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