The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAulety non-media Jewish Radical Feminism places Jewish

Jewish Radical Feminism places Jewish women’s activism at the center of feminist and Jewish narratives

where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath

It is a unique collection of Yiddish literature and contains the text of each of the works and the English translation

beautifully illustrated by Eilon Paz

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The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAulety non-media Jewish Radical Feminism places Jewish2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jewspillars of an embattled communityinvested their fortunes in Frances cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the countrys army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the