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August 13, 2008
Dave Sim's Judenhass
As a long-time fan of the inimitable and controversial Kitchener, Ontario comics creator Dave Sim, I was intrigued when my girlfriend pointed out Judenhass on the rack at my favorite comic shop.  Judenhass is a German term which means "hatred of Jews". Sim chose the terms because he found antisemitism to be inaccurate in that it ignored the central issue, which is not hatred of Semites, but of Jews. The owner of the shop, whom I've known for years, was searching for a way to describe the book, which he called "hard" but thinks it's a book everyone should read. It's not that it's a "hard read", but that it offers powerful imagery (Sim has been experimenting with photo-realism ) juxtaposed with the words of westerners throughout history to document hatred of Jews and to argue against what he calls the "disingenuous facade of: How could this have happened?" How? As if the world were not aware? Hatred of Jews has had a long, ugly history, and you may be shocked by some of what you read. I'd like to encourage as many people as possible to pick up the book, and if you're in the area I'd like to encourage you to stop in at the Comic Collection where I bought my copy. The owner had about a dozen copies on the shelf when I bought mine, and he deserves the business. (Also, Dave Sim has made the book available only to comic book stores, so you couldn't order it from Amazon if you wanted to.) Comic Collection & Records Too posted by Dennis on 08.13.08 at 08:57 AM
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While the term "antisemitism" may seem sloppy in that it refers to a larger population than simply Jews (and of course there are Jews who are not Semitic), my understanding is that the term was constructed by the Jew haters as a handy, pseudo scholarly label for their philosophy. So while it may be inaccurate linguistically, it was deliberately chosen to refer specifically to Jews. Although there's certainly nothing wrong with using a German term of greater specificity. It is, in fact, quite appropriate given the fine work Germans have done historically in defining the boundaries of Jew-hatred. Steve Skubinna · August 14, 2008 07:58 PM Post a comment
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