A Jew’s Brazilian Journey Revived in New Translation of ‘On a Clear April Morning’
July 30, 2020
Marcos Iolovitch’s “On a Clear April Morning” is an especially exotic version of the Jewish immigrant experience.
Jonathan Kirsch
Nazis Have Upper Hand in Page-Turning ‘What-If’ WWII Novel ‘Rocket’s Red Glare’
July 21, 2020
“Rocket’s Red Glare: A WWII Era Alternative History Novel” is a deeply informed and wildly inventive re-imagining of America during the Second World War.
‘New Jewish Canon’ Provides Much Food for Thought
July 16, 2020
Some of the very best Jewish learning does not happen in seminar rooms, synagogues or online, but at home, on the couch.
One Israeli Soldier’s Psyche Comes to Light in ‘The Drive’
July 9, 2020
A principled critic of the IDF comes in the form of one its soldiers in a new book.
‘Her Sister’s Tattoo’ Is an Insightful and Compassionate Tale of Sisterhood and Activism
July 2, 2020
“Her Sister’s Tattoo” is a fictional story that enables readers to understand the tragic case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Playwright Pulls Back the Curtains of His Life in New Memoir
June 11, 2020
Award-winning playwright David Adjmi (“Stunning,” “Marie Antoinette” and “The Evildoers,” among others) is a shining exemplar of the American Dream.
Author Says Hitler Is Not the Only One to Blame for Atrocities
June 2, 2020
Historian Robert Gellately asks, how did ordinary people become Nazis?
WWII Is Told Through An Egyptian Jew’s Letters to Her Beloved In New Nonfiction Book
May 28, 2020
Their correspondence lasted throughout the war and amounted to some 1,400 intimate and illuminating letters.
Was Europe Complicit in the Holocaust? A New Book Says Yes
May 19, 2020
Hitler did not fail to notice that the western democracies were slow to open their doors to Jewish refugees.
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