The short stories in this collection
deal with Jewish religion, tradition and culture. The Holocaust features in many of the stories
as well. In fact, in the title story a
couple has invented a game in which they analyze acquaintances and friends. The purpose of the analysis is to determine
if the friend would harbor them, or hand them over to authorities, in the event
of another Holocaust.
A few stories have some humor, one of
my favorites was Camp Sundown. However,
even the humorous stories tend to have dark slants. How We Avenged the Blums tells the story of a
group of young Jewish boys who are determined to stop an anti-Semite
bully. The young men train under the
direction of Boris, who asks “Do you know which countries have no anti-Semite?”
The answer: “The country with no Jew”.
I enjoyed these stories and I would
highly recommend this book.
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