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The Bigger Picture

Michael Berenbaum November 7, 2002

\”The Holocaust: A History\” Debórah Dwork and Robert Jan van Pelt (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, $27.95).

There is great modesty — appropriate to the subject and to the stage of our knowledge — in the title of this work: \”The Holocaust: A History.\” Deborah Dwork and Robert Jan Van Pelt recognize that with a subject so complex there are many ways of writing the history of the Holocaust — they have chosen but one way — but their choice is certainly defensible and comprehensive. Their history of the Holocaust is not only worthy of note; it is worthy of the subject.

Turning a New Page

Michael Aushenker November 7, 2002

When is a city\’s Jewish book festival not actually located in that city? When it\’s based in Los Angeles.

Jews’ Winning Words

Sandee Brawarsky November 7, 2002

Nobody remembers whether the Torah has ever won a book award before.

Eat, Read and Meet Gary

Journal Staff November 7, 2002

The following events are part of The Jewish Federation of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys\’ Jewish Book Festival.

Storybook Chance

Andrea Adelson October 31, 2002

The trophy-hunting editor\’s instructions were explicit: before leaving, take your handbag into the restroom and snag a napkin with a vice presidential seal.

Robin Preiss Glasser, a former ballet dancer forced by injuries into a second career as an illustrator, was first intent on pocketing a job during an August 2001 trip to Washington, D.C. Simon & Schuster\’s children\’s unit was hiring an illustrator for \”America, a Patriotic Primer,\” but not without the assent of its author, Lynne Cheney, wife of the vice president, Dick Cheney. Nervously quaking alongside the publishers\’ emissaries at a lunch \”audience\” in the vice presidential residence, Glasser managed to establish a rapport with Mrs. Cheney, who consented to the pairing.

Shedding Some Light

Amy Klein October 31, 2002

\”Everything Is Illuminated\” by Jonathan Safran Foer (Houghton Mifflin, $24).

Jonathan Safran Foer\’s new book, \”Everything Is Illuminated\” has garnered rave reviews everywhere, from The New York Times to Esquire, with front jacket quotes by Russell Banks, Nathan Englander and mentor Joyce Carol Oates; it has even been optioned for a movie by actor Liev Schrieber\’s prodction company.

Spinning a Jewish Web

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal October 24, 2002

Sylvia Rouss, who teaches at Stephen S. Wise Temple, is the author of the popular \”Sammy Spider\” series, which are widely used in Jewish schools around the country.

Out on a Limb

Sandee Brawarsky August 1, 2002

At a time when many people are writing and publishing memoirs, Sternburg\’s \”Phantom Limb\” is uncommon.

Three Little Words

Laura Levine August 1, 2002

Growing up in a Jewish home filled with books, I knew early on I wanted to be a writer like P.G. Wodehouse, Sam Levenson or my all-time favorite — Agatha Christie.

Kabbalah for the Masses

Pinchas Giller July 25, 2002

In recent years, there have been a number of modest volumes that are aimed at presenting a representative selection of readings from the mystical classic, the Zohar.

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