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Discussing God in Human Terms
The biography of God has been written many times, starting in the Torah and continuing over the millennia that have passed since...
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Wrestling With the Real and Unreal
Near the beginning of Nicole Krauss’ novel “Forest Dark,” she presents readers with a startling image. A man hurdles off the side of...
2 weeks ago
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On a Rocky ‘Road to Unfreedom’
Holocaust Remembrance Day dares us to consider the most agonizing question of all — what have we learned from history, and how can we...
3 weeks ago
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A Haggadah for Every Taste
A family of my close acquaintance still uses the Maxwell House Haggadah at every seder. It’s a deeply familiar haggadah that...
4 weeks ago
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The Eternal Debate on the ‘Idea’ of Israel
We are still arguing among ourselves over whether the two-state solution is dead, but here’s a question that is rarely, if ever, asked:
1 month ago
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A Call to Action in Age of Trump
Let’s start by deciphering the strange punctuation that appears in the title of “(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of...
1 month ago
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Author Navigates the Wrinkles of Aging
A doctor of my acquaintance recently circulated a letter to announce the closing of his practice after a long, productive and...
2 months ago
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‘Waking Lions’ a Thriller and Morality Tale
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s “Waking Lions” (Back Bay Books/Little, Brown), a tense psychological thriller set in Beersheba, was a New York...
2 months ago
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A Fresh Look at Jewish Weddings
Before Anita Diamant wrote herself into Jewish literary stardom with her best-selling and much-loved novel “The Red Tent,”...
2 months ago
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Jewish ‘Criminals and Lowlifes’
One of the great ironies of Yiddish literature is that many of the stories for which Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize in...
3 months ago
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A Mystic Tale in ‘The Ruined House’
After “The Ruined House” by Ruby Namdar was first published in Israel in 2013, the book won the prestigious Sapir Prize, Israel’s...
3 months ago
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The Moral Dilemma of Jews in War
A couple of millennia passed between the occupation of ancient Judea by a Roman army and the founding of the modern State of Israel.
3 months ago
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The Jews of Ecstasy
Thanks to its media-savvy outreach, which includes an annual telethon and a full-featured website, Chabad is the face of Hasidism in America and...
4 months ago
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Excerpt from ‘Miss Burma’
Benny wanted to say something then, to ask a question that he couldn’t quite bring to the forefront of his mind. But something about his friend’s eyes,
4 months ago
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‘Miss Burma’ Is All Too Relevant to Myanmar’s Modern Violence
For the entire 15 years that Charmaine Craig was writing “Miss Burma,” tensions seethed between the Burmese majority and the ethnic minorities...
4 months ago
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Author Follows the Trail of Evidence in Seeking the Truth Behind the Exodus Story
4 months ago
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Author Visits a Time of Russian Upheaval
Janet Fitch’s best-selling novels, “White Oleander” and “Paint It Black,” are set in contemporary America, but her newly published and...
5 months ago
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Revolution Spurs Young Woman’s Evolution in ‘Marina M.’
Marina Dmitrievna Makarova, whom we meet in the opening pages of “The Revolution of Marina M.” by Janet Fitch (Little, Brown) is both a...
5 months ago
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Authors Offer Insight Into Filmmakers, Faith and Family Trees
Chanukah and Jewish Book Month, which precedes the annual Festival of Lights — from Nov. 12 to Dec. 12 this year — are great occasions for selecting...
5 months ago
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Excerpts From “Hitler in Los Angeles”
Beginning in August 1933 and lasting until the end of World War II, Jewish attorney Leon L. Lewis used his connections with the American Legion and...
6 months ago
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Q&A with Author Steven J. Ross
Steven J. Ross sat down with Jonathan Kirsch, book editor of the Journal, for a conversation about his new book, "Hitler in Los Angeles...
6 months ago
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The Jews Who Fought Against ‘Hitler in Los Angeles’
More than one writer of fiction has imagined what it would have been like if the Allies had lost World War II and the West had come under Nazi occupation.
6 months ago
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Did You Hear About the Book on Jewish Comedy?
In “Jewish Comedy: A Serious History” (Norton), author Jeremy Dauber makes it clear that — at least in his opinion — Jewish jokes are no laughing matter.
6 months ago
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Peres’ Memoir Also Tells the Story of Israel
Jonathan Kirsch reviews the late Shimon Peres' book “No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel."
7 months ago
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Persian-language bookstore Ketab Corp. closes but maintains its mission
For the Iranian-American community in Los Angeles, the closing of Ketab Corp. was a major loss — one that took some history with it.
7 months ago
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Myers proves an ideal Jewish voice in ‘Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction’
David N. Myers, an accomplished Jewish historian, has written a small book about a very big subject: “Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction.”
7 months ago
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Love story meets thriller over Englander’s ‘Dinner’
Nathan Englander — who was raised and educated in an Orthodox community on Long Island — is one of America’s leading Jewish writers.
8 months ago
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Nathan Englander interview: A novel’s view of Israel-Palestine conflict
More words may have been written about the Israel-Palestine conflict than there are grains of sand at the beach, but to Nathan Englander there is room.
8 months ago
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Just for kids: New books for a new year
A couple of books with holiday themes grace our fall list of recommended children’s books, along with others that explore perseverance.
8 months ago
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Rabbi Naomi Levy’s ‘Einstein’ charts a path to the soul
Rabbi Naomi Levy, as the founder and rabbi of the Los Angeles-based Jewish spiritual community called Nashuva.
8 months ago
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