Book Review: “To All Who Call In Truth” by Michael Oren
June 8, 2021
It is a crime story that sheds light on the culture, politics and strife of America in the 1970s.
Jonathan Kirsch
Book Review: The Story of Esther Meets the Story of America
February 15, 2021
No other biblical text is richer with meaning for American Jews than the Book of Esther, as Rabbi Dr. Stuart W. Halpern points out.
Book Review: ‘Sergeant Salinger’
January 19, 2021
Charyn tells his tale with a wink and nod to the biography of the real J.D. Salinger.
Book Review: ‘Sapiens: A Graphic History’
January 1, 2021
The latest manifestation of the “Sapiens” publishing enterprise is “Sapiens: A Graphic History”, a series that tells much of the same sweeping saga in comic-book format.
‘Tales of the Holy Mysticat’ Provides a Fresh Take on Jewish Mysticism
October 13, 2020
Adler employs both wit and wisdom in using the Mysticat to explore the inner meaning of Jewish wisdom.
‘Golem Girl’ Vividly Illustrates a Life Spent Overcoming Disabilities
October 8, 2020
Lehrer’s memoir deserves to be saluted as an all-too-rare example of a book that shows us what a remarkable human being can be glimpsed if we only peel away the clinical label of “disabled.”
Sisters, Secrets and Shivah in the Novel ‘Evening’
October 1, 2020
Nessa Rapoport tells her tales with utter clarity and dignity, and yet her prose also is charged with energy, emotion and sly humor.
Watching the Wall Between Church and State Crumble
September 24, 2020
A review of the book “The Religion Clauses: The Case for Separating Church and State.”
Novel’s Russian Jews Find Rough Going in Israel
September 17, 2020
The setting of “Jerusalem as a Second Language,” a new novel by Rochelle Distelheim (Aubade Publishing), harks back to a remarkable moment in history.
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