Do (dead) Jews count? 2 books on Jewish survival with glaring omissions

The saddest part for me was not revisiting how Jews aren’t the flavor of the month abroad. It was the disconnect between live Jews in Israel and those who aren’t here.

TEL AVIV’S Rabin Square is lit in American flag colors in solidarity with the victims of the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, Oct. 2018.

(photo credit: NIR ELIAS/REUTERS)

ByPAMELA PELED

MARCH 10, 2022 16:56

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