Books

Author Catherine Shainberg, PhD, believes that day dreaming, night dreaming, lucid dreams and visioning can change your life.

Cohen’s performances, his state of mind, and the harsh realities of the Yom Kippur War are the subject of Matti Friedman’s recent book, “Who By Fire.”

For Yevgenia Nayberg, author and illustrator of the children’s picture book, “I Hate Borsch!” borsch is just a regular, familiar food that was part of her upbringing in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The book was co-written by Bridget Hodder, a Sephardic Jew and the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, and Fawzia Gilani-Williams, who is Muslim.

“In the Lion’s Den,” which was published on May 13, largely focuses on Danon’s tenure at the U.N. and his constant fight against those who hate Israel in the halls of the international body.

The book follows Daniel Kahn, a teenage clarinet player from Montreal who has the opportunity to go to Jerusalem and play in a wind band during the summer of 1968.

I was already familiar with Karen Guth’s previous book, “Bubie’s in Bidud (Grandma’s in Isolation),” her book that came out in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Not only does Federman perform standup comedy, as he has for over 35 years, but he also teaches comedy at the University of Southern California. Now, he’s written a book on the history of standup comedy called, “The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle.”