Half/Life: Jew-Ish Tales From Almost, Not Quite, and in-Between
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Description
This anthology of 18 essays takes for granted that Jews will intermarry, and that the children of intermarriages will be "halfs," or half-Jews. Being a half, says Snyder, is not second best; it is not a pale imitation of being really Jewish. Rather, "half" is an interesting, incorrigible, perplexing and profound moniker in its own right, a label that somehow captures the existential angst that all people experience. Read cover to cover, the anthology begins to feel suffocating in its predictability-smart folks reflecting smartly about their struggles with identity. But many of the individual essays are engaging, funny and provocative.