Howard Jacobson: Shattered Illusions and Anti-Semitism post-October 7th

About this episode

Howard Jacobson discusses his new novel about the impact of the October 7th Hamas massacre on diaspora Jews and the rise of anti-Semitism.

Man Booker-prize winning novelist Howard Jacobson 's new novel is about how the Hamas massacre on October 7th, 2023 shattered illusions for diaspora Jews and enabled anti-Semitism to come out of the shadows. And because it is by Jacobson there are some dark laughs along the way. In this frank podcast discussion with host Michael Goldfarb, Jacobson talks about the book, shares reminiscences with him about the anti-Semitism he encountered growing up and talks about the lies that underlie so much discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Goldfarb

Guest: Howard Jacobson

Topics covered

• anti-Semitism
• Hamas massacre
• diaspora Jews
• Israel-Palestine conflict
• novel discussion
• dark humor

Keywords

• Howard Jacobson
• anti-Semitism
• Hamas
• October 7th
• Israel-Palestine
• novel
• dark humor
• Michael Goldfarb

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: new novel

Places: Israel, Palestine

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