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Susan Hirshorn's avatar

Bravo! I wish you and other Jewish writers (all the pro-Israel ones, that is) much mazel! It's my hope, in fact, that the Jewish literary and entertainment worlds will blossom during this period of Jew-hatred. I want more Jewish fiction based on Jewish worldviews, histories and spirituality. Why must we drown our children in the Anglo-Celtic (ish) universe of Harry Potter? Can't we create captivating children's fiction based on the folklore of our Bubbies, Zadies, Saftas and Sabas? I am reading "Babylon" by Michelle Cameron; a fascinating historical novel about Judean captivity by the Babylonians after those ancient Jew-haters destroyed our Temple and exiled us from the Holy Land. Here, amid the trials and triumphs of various Judean characters we see faith in the "nameless G-d" slowly rekindled and new rituals replacing those dependent on the Temple's existence. I haven't finished the book, but I'm having a hard time putting it down. Bottom line: who cares what today's Jew-haters think of us? Remember, we are the original "People of the Book". And we will be around creating literature and other wonders long after they, like the Babylonians, have ended up in the dustbin of history.

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David Mandel's avatar

Ted Goldstein calls on antisemitic writers to also boycott his Jewish work. How cool is that? I'm not a literary writer but I publish scientific literature and I call on all researchers who hate Jews to boycott my papers. Please don't cite them even if they are highly relevant to your research. I give you my Google Scholar page so you know what to avoid: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=PYbH6YkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Am Yisrael Chai! Let's start a "Boycott My (Jewish) Work" Movement. Maybe throw the word Zionist into the parentheses too just to drive them absolutely nuts.

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