6/27/2023 0 Comments Aimee and jaguar book![]() ![]() Components of Jewish mourning-such as khevrot, hesped, and yizkor-are also components of Holocaust survivor literature, found in aspects of audience, respect for both the dead and the living, and remembrance. Using Anne Brener's psychotherapeutic exploration of Jewish mourning rituals, together with Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub's analysis of the act of witnessing, I show that the Jewish mourning process relates to these very different forms of Holocaust survivor memoir-autobiography, diary, portrait, and documentary-as a way to read the literature, process it, and understand it. Elie Wiesel's Night, Anne Frank's diary, Erica Fischer's Aimée and Jaguar, and Claude Lanzmann's Shoah serve as their respective writers' mekomot nekhamah, providing forums through which they express themselves comfortably and healthily. ![]() According to the mourning rituals set forth by Jewish law and tradition, mourners are to create stress-free and comfortable environments-mekomot nekhamah-within which to mourn. ![]()
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