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Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.

JL;DR SUMMARY Howard Jacobson, often referred to as the 'British Philip Roth,' presents his latest novel, "Howl," as a deeply personal and satirical exploration of the challenges facing British Jews post-October 7, particularly in the face of rising anti-Zionism. 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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HolocaustJewish IdentityZionismCultural AssimilationAnti ZionismSatireLiterary FictionBritish JewsUk PoliticsHoward Jacobson

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London, United Kingdom
"A world in which people rejoiced in the pain and the suffering and the murder and the rape of other people, was not one I knew."
United Kingdom
"As Ferdinand casts about for explanations is it the universities? Identity politics? A lack of Holocaust education? Plain old Jew-hatred? his behavior grows ever more erratic, and his ordered, rather British existence crumbles."

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