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A personal, transparent look at gender and identity
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi is best known for her landmark books “Backlash” and “Stiffed,” both of which are penetrating investigations of the role of gender in American life.
Fall holidays and more: New books for kids, and parents, too
The fall holidays are here and so is the new crop of holiday-themed children’s books.
Book review: ‘The trombone man: tales of a misogynist’
Ron J. Hutter has written a provocative, entertaining, and thoughtful novel that explores the problem of antisemitism in a very original way.
Orthodox activist outlines a Judaism of the heart
Donald Trump was in Phoenix for a speech on immigration, and Shmuly Yanklowitz wasn’t happy about it.
Shock is followed by awe over Foer’s new novel
A colleague of mine admonished me to include a warning in my review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s brilliant new novel, “Here I Am” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). And so I will.
‘Inside’ Jessi Klein: From lingerie to baby drool
In Jessi Klein’s eyes, there are two kinds of women: Those who are poodles and those who are wolves.
The story of a Jewish enclave in the Soviet Union
Who can tell the things that befell us in Birobidzhan?
Sex with Jews is fun — just ask Kellen Kaiser
When she started writing in about 2005, Kellen Kaiser had planned to call her book “How to Plan a Gay Kosher Wedding for 250.”
The Jewish con man who scammed Hitler
\”A con man with a heart of gold.” That’s how Variety described Freeman Bernstein in his obituary.