דער קערפער פֿון השם"#DenisOlivennes’ “#Dictionnaire amoureux des #Juifs de #France” has been met with striking unanimity. Critics have praised its erudition and generosity; cultural institutions in #France and #Israel have embraced it as a bridge between #histories, and as a reassuring gesture at a moment of renewed hostility. Again and again, the #book is framed as a celebration of a “double love”: the love of #Jews for France and the love of France for Jews.
That consensus is telling, not only about the book itself, but about the moment into which it arrives and the work it is being asked to do.
#Olivennes does not write a polemic. Although he explicitly acknowledges the rise in #antisemitism since #October7, he resists the familiar modes of the essay or the pamphlet. Instead, he chooses the #dictionary, a form that edits urgency into order. Alphabetical entries replace linear argument; accumulation takes precedence over confrontation."
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