Jewish name-calling: a note on Michael Oren, Leon Wieseltier and the art of insult
Danielle Berrin
July 6, 2015
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books
Nine ways to display your books on a shelf
Jonathan Fong
March 19, 2015
I recently received a decorating S.O.S. call from a friend.
‘Anonymous Soldiers’ looks at terrorism from another troubling angle
Jonathan Kirsch
February 25, 2015
“Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947” by Bruce Hoffman (Knopf) offers an uncomfortable but crucial message: Terrorism works.
Say it with song: Children’s books for the Festival of Lights
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2014
It seems that old ladies don’t just swallow flies anymore.
Ferreting out the truth about a complicated King David
Jonathan Kirsch
November 25, 2014
King David is like no other figure in the Hebrew Bible.
Holiday season brings authors to SoCal
Jonathan Kirsch
November 24, 2014
From the Bible to the Broadway stage, readers and gift-buyers can find a wealth of new books in the bookstores, and it’s the time of year when authors, too, are out in the world to talk about their work. Here are five choice opportunities in Southern California.
Leaving religious life: The ‘un-Orthodox’ path
Jonathan Kirsch
November 21, 2014
The path between the secular world and highly observant Judaism is a two-way street.
Do Jews need more chutzpah? Does Judaism?
Michael Berenbaum
November 19, 2014
I began reading Rabbi Edward Feinstein’s “The Chutzpah Imperative: Empowering Today’s Jews for a Life that Matters” (Jewish Lights) with two conflicting emotions — admiration and skepticism.
From Tehran to Tel Aviv
Gina Nahai
November 12, 2014
So there we were, two Israelis, an Iranian Jew and an Iranian Muslim, all writers, sitting on a stage at the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman building.
The diaspora debate: Is it good for the Jews?
Jewish Journal
November 5, 2014
I’m 58, and I still don’t know what kind of Jew I am or really want to be.
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