Dara Horn Libros

A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living

Jacob Rappaport, a Jewish soldier in the Union army, struggles with difficult moral questions when he is ordered to murder his own uncle, who has been plotting an assassination attempt against President Lincoln, a situation that becomes more challenging when Jacob is subsequently directed to marry a suspected spy. Reprint.

Exploring themes of spirituality and familial connections, the story follows Bill Landsmann, an elderly Jewish refugee in New Jersey, who is dedicated to collecting biblical images from around the world. His encounter with his granddaughter's friend, Leora, intertwines their lives, revealing deep links between their families' histories. This debut novel celebrates the fusion of secular and religious literature, honoring the past while uncovering treasures that can rejuvenate the present. A reading group guide is included for further discussion.

A million-dollar Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour. The unlikely thief, former child prodigy Benjamin Ziskind, is convinced that the painting once hung in his parents' living room. This work of art opens a door through which we discover his family's startling history--from an orphanage in Soviet Russia where Chagall taught to suburban New Jersey and the jungles of Vietnam.

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2018, Booklist Editors’ Choice Book (January 2019), and Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018 What would it really mean to live forever? Rachel’s current troubles—a middle-aged son mining digital currency in her basement, a scientist granddaughter trying to peek into her genes—are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, hundreds of children, and 2,000 years, going back to Roman-occupied Jerusalem. Only one person shares her immortality: an illicit lover who pursues her through the ages. But when her children develop technologies that could change her fate, Rachel must find a way out. From ancient religion to the scientific frontier, Dara Horn pits our efforts to make life last against the deeper challenge of making life worth living.

A million-dollar Chagall painting is stolen during a singles' event at a New York museum. The painting has an unusual history, and now there is an unlikely thief - Benjamin Ziskind, a lonely former child prodigy who now writes questions for TV shows and who believes the painting once belonged to his family. Benjamin's moment of apparent madness in stealing the painting is just one such moment in a web of riveting stories. For him, for his family and for Chagall, life is a breathtaking collision course of past, present and future, and ‘the world to come' starts right now.

The story follows software prodigy Josie Ashkenazi, who creates an application that captures users' actions. Invited to Egypt as a consultant, she is abducted amidst the country's turmoil. Meanwhile, her envious sister Judith seizes the opportunity to assume Josie's life, including her family. As Josie navigates her captivity, her unique ability to preserve memories becomes a crucial test of her empathy and a potential pathway to freedom.

The Forward, established in 1897, is celebrated as the leading Yiddish newspaper globally. It served as a vital resource for immigrants in the United States, offering news from Europe and the Middle East while enriching their lives with entertainment like comic strips and practical comforts such as noodle kugel recipes.

Dara Hornová je známá jako spisovatelka, ale i jako autorka pronikavých esejů. Poté, co ji dlouhá léta významné deníky a časopisy žádaly, aby psala o tématech souvisejících s židovskou kulturou, si uvědomila, co mají všechna tato zadání společného: měla psát o mrtvých Židech, nikdy o živých. V těchto esejích se Hornová zamýšlí nad tak odlišnými tématy, jako je celosvětové zbožňování Anne Frankové, mytologie o změně židovských jmen na Ellis Islandu, velkolepá putovní výstava Osvětim, propagace židovské kultury v čínském Charbinu a málo známý život „spravedlivého Nežida“ Variana Frye, který pomohl zachránit před nacisty Arendtovou, Mahlerovou, Werfela, Chagalla, Feuchtwangera a řadu dalších intelektuálů. Svým často sarkastickým psaním potvrzuje vitalitu, složitost a hloubku židovského života v konfrontaci s antisemitismem, který zdaleka není odzbrojen mantrou „Nikdy nezapomeneme“, ale naopak je na vzestupu. Poutavé texty čtenáře vyzývají, aby se zabýval tím, proč nás tolik fascinují minulé židovské tragédie a proč máme tak málo úcty k židovským životům, které se odvíjejí v současnosti. Bolestně aktuální čtení.

Die Geschichte handelt von Jacob Rappaport, dem Sohn jüdischer Einwanderer, der während des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs zwischen den Fronten gerät. Im Jahr 1861 in New York soll er die einfältige Emma heiraten, doch am Vorabend der Hochzeit flieht er vor den Plänen seines Vaters. Jacob schließt sich den Nordstaatlern an, die für die Abschaffung der Sklaverei kämpfen, und wird auf eine gefährliche Mission geschickt. Er wird auf ein Schmugglerschiff nach New Orleans gebracht, wo er seinen Onkel vergiften soll, der als Spion für die Südstaatler plant, ein Mordkomplott gegen Präsident Lincoln zu schmieden. Nach seiner Rückkehr in den Norden wird Jacob erneut in den Süden geschickt, diesmal um Eugenia Levy, die Tochter eines alten Bekannten und feindliche Spionin, zu heiraten und ihre Aktivitäten auszuspionieren. Doch die vier charmanten Schwestern der Levy-Familie bringen Jacob in eine Zwickmühle, und er beginnt, seine Loyalitäten zu hinterfragen. Dara Horn erzählt mit Witz und Raffinesse die Geschichte eines zögerlichen Helden, der in den Wirren des Krieges lernt, für sich selbst einzustehen und seinen eigenen Weg zu finden.