Dara Horn: "Is Holocaust Education Making Anti-Semitism Worse?" (archived). The Atlantic (2023-04-03).
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[J. E.] Wolfson told the teachers that it was important that "anti-Semitism should not be your students' first introduction to Jews and Judaism." He said this almost as an aside, just before presenting the pig-excrement image. "If you're teaching about anti-Semitism before you teach about the content of Jewish identity, you're doing it wrong."
— Dara Horn on Antisemitism
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About Dara Horn
Dara Horn (born 1977) is an American novelist, essayist, and professor of literature. She has written five novels and in 2021, released a nonfiction essay collection titled People Love Dead Jews, which was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in nonfiction. She won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award in 2002, the National Jewish Book Award in 2003 and 2006, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize in 2007.
About Dara Horn
Dara Horn (born 1977) is an American novelist, essayist, and professor of literature. She has written five novels and in 2021, released a nonfiction essay collection titled People Love Dead Jews, which was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in nonfiction. She won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award in 2002, the National Jewish Book Award in 2003 and 2006, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize in 2007.
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