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Four Words Random House Would Rather Not Say

JL;DR SUMMARY Abraham Socher critiques Random House's omission of specific terms like "Israel," "Gaza," "Hamas," and "Jew" from the book description of Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir, "When We See You Again." 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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HamasJewish IdentityGazaRachel Goldberg PolinDara HornJewish GriefMedia PortrayalRandom HouseUniversal Story

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"The only hint in the jacket copy that Hershs death was a specifically Jewish Israeli tragedy is the note in the author bio that Goldberg-Polin lives in Jerusalem."
United States
"this unexamined and unconscious attitude toward Jews was part of what made it possible to share her public grief on mainstream American media outlets like 60 Minutes."
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