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In this sparkling debut, a young critic provides an original, keen, and erudite bank account of what it means to feel Jewish - even though you're not. Self-hatred. Guilt. Resentment. Paranoia. Hysteria. Overbearing mother-love. Within this witty, insightful, and poignant reserve, Devorah Baum delves into fiction, film, memoir, and psychoanalysis to present a dazzlingly original exploration of some emotions famously associated with modern Jews. Reflecting on why Jews have so often been depicted, both by others and by themselves, as susceptible to "negative" emotions, she questions how negative these emotions really are. As the tempo of globalization leaves many people feeling more marginalized, uprooted, and existentially threatened, she argues that such "Jewish" emotions are becoming progressively more common to people. Ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Sarah Bernhardt to Woody Allen, Anne Frank to Nathan Englander, Feeling Jewish bridges the usual problem lines between left and right, insider and outsider, Jew and Gentile, and even Semite and anti-Semite, to offer an indispensable guide for our divisive times.

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