The wicked son : anti-Semitism, self-hatred, and the Jews / David Mamet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mamet, David.

Series:

Jewish encounters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Self-hate (Psychology).

Antisemitism.

Physical Description:

xi, 189 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nextbook : Schocken, 2006.

Summary:

To the wicked son, who asks "What does all this mean to you?" To the Jews who, in the sixties, envied the Black Power Movement; who, in the nineties, envied the Palestinians; who weep at Exodus but jeer at the Israeli Defense Forces; who nod when Tevye praises tradition but fidget through the seder; who might take their curiosity to a dogfight, to a bordello or an opium den but find ludicrous the notion of a visit to the synagogue; whose favorite Jew is Anne Frank and whose second-favorite does not exist; who are humble in their desire to learn about Kwanzaa and proud of their ignorance of Tu Bi'Shvat; who dread endogamy more than incest; who bow the head reverently at a baptism and have never attended a bris-to you, who find your religion and race repulsive, your ignorance of your history a satisfaction, here is a book from your brother.

Contents:

Foreword: The Four Sons of the Haggadah ix

In or Out? 3

The Other 8

Hide in Plain Sight 19

Jewish Anxiety 25

A Hot Hen's Kiss 31

Treason 36

You Can Just Be Nothing 44

Sins of the Jews 48

Lies, or Teshuva 52

Primitive Secret Societies 57

Superstition 61

Bar Mitzvah and Golden Calf 66

The Poor Shul 72

A Rich Shul and a Poor Shul 76

Happiness and Maturity 80

Sadomasochistic Phenomena; or, the Two Chelms 83

Ritual 88

The Apikoros and Gun Control; or The Oslo Syndrome 92

Racism 96

Performance and Restraint 101

Dead Jews and Live Jews 107

De Clerambault's Syndrome 113

Moses and Monarchy 117

Neurotics 122

The Wicked Son 127

Jacob and Esau 130

Belonging 134

Chesed/Gevurah 138

What Israel Means to Me 141

Well Poisoning 145

Hooked-Nose Jews, or Let's Make It Pretty 147

The High School Car Wash 152

Judaism: The House That Ruth Built 156

Jewish, but Not Too Jewish 163

Tribal Life 166

Apikoros 170

The Children of Kings and Queens 176.

ISBN:

0805242074

9780805242072

OCLC:

64689003

Publisher Number:

9780805242072

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