Will I love People Love Dead Jews?

The title, of course, is a real grabber! And it turns out, Dara Horn is an amazing scholar who proves her point. It was an entirely new perspective for me......and this was before the Israeli catastrophe of Oct 7, 2023. But the lessons I learned from this book have helped me continue to see why the current 2024 surge in antisemitism is happening. This is a really important book, no matter what your own religion happens to be.

The author sets up a challenge I could not ignore, and once I began reading, I could not stop. A friend recommended this book, and as soon as I heard its provocative title, I knew I had to read it.

Horn is entirely persuasive in her argument that when we find ourselves fascinated by Jews, it is often dead ones. The veneration of Anne Frank is a perfect example: she is the world’s darling because she did not live to be anything but a perfect victim. But Horn addresses lesser-known obsessions with dead Jews, too, enlightening me about the Jewish… show more.