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Anita Diamant’s ‘The Boston Girl’: An immigrant’s tale, hanging onto the old ways

Jewish Journal October 27, 2014

From the opening of Anita Diamant’s heartwarming novel, “The Boston Girl,” (Scribner), when Addie Bauman, an 85-year-old grandmother recounts her life story to her granddaughter, I was struck by the similarities between the Jewish cultural beliefs and mores in Boston in 1915, when Addie’s story starts, and in Iran, where I grew up in the 1960s and ’70s.

Carter, Begin and Sadat — Nostalgia for hope of peace

Jonathan Kirsch October 14, 2014

Lawrence Wright, a staff writer for The New Yorker, is attracted to moments of high drama and historical significance.

Home is where ‘The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.’ is

Jewish Journal October 8, 2014

Gina B. Nahai’s new novel, “The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.” (Akashic Books) is a wildly inventive story of the Soleyman family that travels back and forth in time between 1950s Tehran and present-day Los Angeles.

Excerpt from: “The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.”

Gina Nahai October 8, 2014

An excerpt from:“The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.” by Gina B. Nahai, (Akashic Books).

“The Golem of Hollywood”: A grisly L.A. mystery

Jewish Journal October 1, 2014

They have a way of scaring you, of chasing sleep away, these psychological thrillers that send your heart thumping.

Three books, three opinions about The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Jonathan Kirsch September 23, 2014

The 20th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (1902-1994) has inspired no fewer than three new biographies, a fact that attests to his enduring importance even outside the Chasidic community he led for four decades.

Noteworthy books for the new year

Jewish Journal September 22, 2014

In my 20s, I studied French culture and became enamored of what the French call “la rentrée littéraire.”

Three new kids’ books, and some poetry for adults

Jewish Journal September 18, 2014

Books for the High Holidays.

Jules Feiffer’s ‘Kill My Mother’: You’ll Die Laughing

Jonathan Kirsch September 17, 2014

Last week, I happened to catch the 1971 movie “Little Murders,” adapted by Jules Feiffer from his stage play.

Amidst celebrity, Daphne Merkin is wishing still for mother’s love

Jewish Journal August 26, 2014

If you were the wild child among more submissive siblings, who refused to be silenced and cried continually, and fought with all the others about their glaring hypocrisies; chances are you were not your parents’ favorite child.

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Anita Diamant’s ‘The Boston Girl’: An immigrant’s tale, hanging onto the old ways

Carter, Begin and Sadat — Nostalgia for hope of peace

Home is where ‘The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.’ is

Excerpt from: “The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.”

“The Golem of Hollywood”: A grisly L.A. mystery

Three books, three opinions about The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Noteworthy books for the new year

Three new kids’ books, and some poetry for adults

Jules Feiffer’s ‘Kill My Mother’: You’ll Die Laughing

Amidst celebrity, Daphne Merkin is wishing still for mother’s love

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