The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is an alternative-history detective novel by Michael Chabon that imagines a Jewish settlement in Alaska and blends noir mystery with themes of identity, exile, and Jewish culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Yiddish Policemen's Union canonical | 3 |
| The Yiddish Policemen’s Union | 1 |
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Target entity: The Yiddish Policemen's Union Context triple: [Jewish American literature, hasNotableWork, The Yiddish Policemen's Union]
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The Shtetl
The Shtetl is a work by Yiddish writer Sholem Asch that vividly portrays the life, culture, and struggles of Eastern European Jewish small-town communities.
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B.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
The Jewish Barber
The Jewish Barber is the humble, Chaplin-portrayed protagonist of *The Great Dictator*, whose resemblance to a tyrannical dictator drives the film’s satirical critique of fascism and antisemitism.
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E.
The Lords of Flatbush
The Lords of Flatbush is a 1974 coming-of-age film about a group of leather-jacketed Brooklyn teenagers in the 1950s, notable for its early performances by actors who later became major stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Yiddish Policemen's Union Target entity description: The Yiddish Policemen's Union is an alternative-history detective novel by Michael Chabon that imagines a Jewish settlement in Alaska and blends noir mystery with themes of identity, exile, and Jewish culture.
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A.
The Shtetl
The Shtetl is a work by Yiddish writer Sholem Asch that vividly portrays the life, culture, and struggles of Eastern European Jewish small-town communities.
-
B.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
The Jewish Barber
The Jewish Barber is the humble, Chaplin-portrayed protagonist of *The Great Dictator*, whose resemblance to a tyrannical dictator drives the film’s satirical critique of fascism and antisemitism.
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E.
The Lords of Flatbush
The Lords of Flatbush is a 1974 coming-of-age film about a group of leather-jacketed Brooklyn teenagers in the 1950s, notable for its early performances by actors who later became major stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alternative history novel
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detective novel ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Chabon ⓘ |
| award |
Hugo Award for Best Novel
ⓘ
Locus Award ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Best Long Form) ⓘ
surface form:
Sidewise Award for Alternate History
|
| basedOn | counterfactual history of Jewish resettlement proposals ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
cultural survival ⓘ diaspora ⓘ exile ⓘ messianism ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| character |
Berko Shemets
ⓘ
Gelbfisz ⓘ
surface form:
Bina Gelbfish
Meyer Landsman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Will Staehle ⓘ |
| featuresLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Telegraph Ave
ⓘ
surface form:
Telegraph Avenue
|
| genre |
Jewish literature
ⓘ
alternative history ⓘ crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ noir fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | film adaptation in development (various stages) ⓘ |
| imprint | Fourth Estate ⓘ |
| involves | Jewish settlement in Alaska ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-00-714982-7 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of noir and Jewish cultural themes
ⓘ
inventive use of Yiddish-inflected English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| plotElement |
conspiracy involving a potential Messiah
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murder investigation ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Final Solution
ⓘ
surface form:
The Final Solution
|
| protagonist | Meyer Landsman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
Sitka ⓘ
surface form:
Sitka, Alaska
|
| setInPeriod | early 21st century (alternate timeline) ⓘ |
| tone | noir ⓘ |
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Subject: The Yiddish Policemen's Union Description of subject: The Yiddish Policemen's Union is an alternative-history detective novel by Michael Chabon that imagines a Jewish settlement in Alaska and blends noir mystery with themes of identity, exile, and Jewish culture.
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