Books

As Adam S. Ferziger argues in his new book, “Agents of Change: American Jews and the Transformation of Israeli Judaism,” those who move from the U.S. to the Holy Land have changed the very nature of religion in the Jewish state itself.

Huck’s journey was Twain’s journey, but it extended beyond humanizing the Blacks to the Jews as well.

What began as an attempt to understand a missing ancestor evolved into a sweeping, heartfelt historical investigation into legacy, idealism and politics.

“Fundamentally” satirizes a Middle East-based UN agency and its workers and is the debut novel of Nussaibah Younis.

The people who write in this book are all wounded souls. Gone forever is the glib and certain faith that they may once have had, and in its place are the scars and the aches that will never go away.

Taragin’s volume is not a conventional academic history of his mentor. Rather, it offers a compendium of warm and wise anecdotes and lessons he learned studying under Amital.

The desire to set things right animates “Fagin the Thief.”

Ultimately, Cloobeck is positioning himself as someone who won’t take criticism personally, but also isn’t afraid to call out problems when he sees them.

“Readers have been ecstatic, not just about the story, but about what it represents.”