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The Objects That Remain (Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination)
On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. Her landlord heard the assault taking place and called 911, but the police arrived too late to apprehend Lauras attacker. When they left, investigators took items with thema pair of sweatpants, the bedclothesand a rape exam was performed at the hospital. However, this evidence was never processed. Decades later, Laura returns to these objects, viewing them not as clues that will lead to the identification of her assailant but rather as a means of engaging traumatic legacies writ large. Read more