Anxious Histories: Narrating the Holocaust in Jewish Communities at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

"[This book] addresses an extremely difficult and complex theme, one which (to my knowledge) has not been focused on in a sustained way before: the pedagogy of the Holocaust in Diaspora Jewish secondary schools, especially vis-a-vis Zionism. It contains fascinating material and much of the analysis is provocative and worthwhile." * Jonathan Boyarin, Cornell University "What is so interesting and admirable is the way the author probes and explores various conceptual and methodological questions, problematizing rather than imposing absolute judgements, and always writing with sympathy and empathy and a subtle awareness of possible contradictions - from the first sentence of the Introduction the reader realizes that the book is beautifully written, often idiomatic and conversational and engagingly personal." * John Docker, The University of Sydney

Jordana Silverstein is a historian at the School of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University and the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She is co-editor of the forthcoming collection In the Shadows of Memory: The Holocaust and the Third Generation and has published widely on Holocaust memory.