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Harry Potter and the “Half-Blood” Jews

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/harry_potter_and_the_half-blood_jews_20090715

As “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” opens today to mostly stellar reviews, the title itself evokes why the book and film series have so resonated with Jewish audiences. Like all the “Potter” films – based on J.K. Rowling’s best-sellers – “Prince” is rife with metaphors for racism and ethnic cleansing, including characters who refer to wizards as "pure-bloods," "half-bloods" or mudbloods (a racist slur meaning mixed or non-magical parentage). In the new film, flashbacks reveal how the evil Lord Voldemort, grows from a troubled child into a genocidal maniac bent on annihilating non-magic folk (muggles) and those with mixed heritage. "Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, are obsessed with the preservation of blood purity,” “Potter” producer David Heyman told the Journal last year.

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