Have Library, Must Travel
Naomi Pfefferman
June 17, 1999
To reach David Hirsch\’s narrow, cluttered office at UCLA, you traverse bare, labyrynthine corridors in the basement of the University Research Library.
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books
Making It: Max Frankel and Henry Kissinger
Jewish Journal
March 25, 1999
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.
Books to Read or Give on Passover
Rita Berman Frischer
March 25, 1999
For promoters and lovers of Jewish books, now is the season of our deep content.
Art Imitating Life for Mystery Writer
Naomi Pfefferman
March 11, 1999
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.
Seinfeld Borrows a Talmud
Jewish Journal
October 8, 1998
The Jewish Community Library is used to catering to the literary needs of groups of school children, Yiddish scholars and day-schoolteachers. But seldom does it get a call for Talmudic texts to grace the set of a sitcom.
Retracing History
Tom Tugend
September 17, 1998
Israel\’s 50th anniversary celebration has brought forth a stream of reminiscences.
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