It's insightful, and and DOES raise the question, "[why do] people love dead Jews?" I have seen a few reviews of this book – actually, one review posted in two places, Goodreads and Audible, and it comes to the conclusion that "the benign reverence we give to past horrors is itself a profound affront to human dignity." I, however, sum it up with a different quote from the book: "Dead Jews are only worth discussing if they are part of something bigger."
A great part of the richness of Judaism is pointed out by that statement, and the current and past trends to anti-Semitism and the fact that the religion and our people ARE remembered and recognized in our dead. Our book club is planning to read this book as our choice in September, and I am looking forward to it and look forward to discussing it, both with the people in the book club and, perhaps, our Rabbi and Cantor, as well as the woman who responded to me (I won't state her name here, because she is not specifically asked me to or granted permission) when i suggested the book upon reading about it. The view of the world and anti-Semitism and how it remembers any and all Jewish people is both telling and thought-provoking.