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2024 in review: Jewish books

JL;DR SUMMARY This annual review highlights a range of impactful Jewish books across diverse genres. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaustGazaWar CrimesSurvivalChildren's LiteratureJewish MemoryFamily DramaPost War Germany

Places mentioned

Hungary
"Between May and July in 1944, Hungary despatched 430,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, even though by that point it was clear Nazi Germany was losing the war."
Nahal Oz, Southern District, Israel
"Tibon spent most of October 7 locked with his wife and two daughters in a safe room in his house in Nahal Oz while around him Hamas terrorists massacred his friends and neighbours."
Long Island, New York, United States
"Novels about the wealthy, screwed-up elite are like catnip for me."
Germany
"Comprising two stories: that of the trial of Bruno Dey for war crimes in Germany, which Buck attended as a journalist, and that of Bucks family, in particular his grandfather, an early member of the Nazi party, this is a swift, sharp book."
Austria
"the actor playing the chief Nazi is an Austrian Jew"

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