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Scarlet Witch: The Complete Collection

by James Robinson

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May 30, 2025 02:41PM

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Ilium (Ilium, #1)

by Dan Simmons

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May 08, 2025 01:45AM

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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1)

by Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)

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Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

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Despite the – not mythic, completely true – fact that Jews are obsessed with food, and despite the appropriation of bagels, chopped liver, schmaltz herring, chicken soup and salt beef by many, many non-Jewish outlets, particularly in ...more

Is this more to do with assimilation? Like the Irish in Boston, Jewish diaspora became strongly part of the identity of the city and snowballed out. I don't know for sure, but I think there is something different than appropriation and closer to diaspora Irish going on here.