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Do Jews have a future in Europe? A historian of antisemitism has her doubts.

JL;DR SUMMARY Historian Flora Cassen explores the precarious future of Jewish life in Europe amidst a resurgence of antisemitism in her new book, "Stained Glass: A Reflective History of Antisemitism." 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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Jewish HistoryHolocaustBrandeis UniversityHistorical NarrativeJewish EmigrationMiddle AgesEuropean PoliticsJews In EuropeFlora Cassen

Places mentioned

London, England, United Kingdom
"Two of the highest-profile attacks were in London, where two people were stabbed last month, in the same Jewish neighborhood where arsonists torched four Jewish-run ambulances in March."
Netherlands
"There have also been attacks in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany."
Belgium
"There have also been attacks in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany."
France
"There have also been attacks in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany."
Germany
"There have also been attacks in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany."
Antwerp, Belgium
"Its part memoir. Each of the very short chapters is like a snapshot of family history, of the history of European antisemitism, of your Jewish childhood in Antwerp and your last two decades or so in the United States."
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"She spoke to me from St. Louis, Missouri, where she joins her family when she isnt teaching in the Boston area."

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