The mutt was shivering with fever, his nose bleeding from a beating he had received from some bad men. \”But there was something that drew me to him, a kind of human gaze in the eyes,\” says the author of 15 books and films such as \”Smoke\” and \”Lulu on the Bridge.\”
Rabbi David J. Forman, who has lived in Jerusalem for more than 25 years, goes on to claim that his message, while it may seem an all-out attack on liberal Judaism, represents the views of \”a vast number\” of Reform professionals in America.
Like a box of candy, this numbered collection of memories and anecdotes is best eaten slowly, the better to digest each morsel.
The lawns and quadrangles of UCLA this weekend looked like a great renaissance bazaar, with banners flying and rows of white tents lining the walkways.
In these scandalous times, is there anything left to say about sex?
A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.
For promoters and lovers of Jewish books, now is the season of our deep content.
I have been reading two books lately, sort of shifting from one to the other — a bad habit, I know, but it has been with me too long to correct at this point.
The idea for Rochelle Majer Krich\’s new mystery, \”Blood Money,\” goes back to the day she discovered some startling photographs in her parents\’ china closet.
