The Jewbird

The Jewbird

Infobox short story |
name = The Jewbird
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author = Bernard Malamud
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language = English
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genre = Fantasy short story
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publication_type = Anthology
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
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The Jewbird is a short story by the Jewish-American author Bernard Malamud. The hero is a crow named Shwartz, who calls himself a Jewbird. Fleeing persecution by "antisemeet" birds, Shwartz tries to find a home in a New York City Jewish family. Despite being generous and respectful to the family, the father first persecutes then attempts to kill Shwartz. The story is an allegory about Jewish self-hatred. [Eileen H. Watts, "Jewish Self-Hatred in Malamud's 'The Jewbird'," "MELUS", Vol. 21, No. 2, Varieties of Ethnic Criticism (Summer, 1996), pp. 157-163.] It has been staged as part of the Schwartz and Other Animals play in Gesher Theater.

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