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Jew(ish) Synopsis
What does it mean to be Jew(ish) in 2020? Caught between tradition and modernity, between a Jewish family and a non-Jewish son, Matt Greene ponders the big questions concerning identity, religion, family and Seinfeld.
When his son was born to a non-Jewish mother, Matt began to consider the upbringing he’d put behind him?the sense of not belonging, the forbidden foods, the holidays that felt more like punishments. There are more types of Jew than there are bagel fillings, and for every two there are three opinions. But if you’re not a black-hatted frummer, if you’re allergic to groups, if you observe but don’t believe, or you don’t observe at all, does that make you less Jewish?
In this wide-ranging series of essays, at turns irreverent, insightful, urgent and iconoclastic, Matt considers what might loosely be termed ‘the modern Jewish experience’, and asks what it means to be anything in a world obsessed with the self and the other.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781542023443 |
| Publication date: |
1st December 2020 |
| Author: |
Matt Greene |
| Publisher: |
Little A an imprint of Amazon Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
200 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Biographies & Autobiographies
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Press Reviews
Matt Greene Press Reviews
Witty...poignant...acerbic...deftly blends the personal with the political...Jew(ish) is full of eclectic reflections and offers plenty of interesting food for thought.
-The Independent
This wise nonfiction meditation on Jewish identity in the twenty-first century and very particularly on Greene's own identity-familial, religious, cultural, held deep in the marrow-brims over with grief and fury (and bemusement and love). I found it riveting reading.
-Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English
A beautifully fluid, nuanced and vital read: by turns hilarious, harrowing and heartwarming, and always thoroughly compelling.
-Musa Okwonga, author of How to Avoid Detection
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About Matt Greene
Matt Greene was born in Watford in 1985 and studied English Language at the University of Sussex, where he edited The Badger newspaper and first became interested in writing for the stage. He has co-written four plays for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including the sell-out farce The Straight Man. Ostrich is his first novel.
Author photo © Imogen Haines
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