Book Reviews
‘Bibi’ Offers Close-Up Look at Israeli Politician in Family Context
Every Jewish American home library should have at least two books by authors named Netanyahu. “Self-Portrait of a Hero,” the collection of letters by Jonathan...
‘In Praise of Good Bookstores’ Earns a Kiss on the Cover
Behind many of America’s best independent bookstores have been proprietors from Jewish families. In New York, The Strand is owned by Nancy Bass Wyden, whose family built the business. Dane Neller is an owner of Shakespeare...
New Book Reveals a Gripping True Story From Auschwitz
In his gripping new book, The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield relates the true story of the Kleinmann family of Vienna. Like much of Europe, Austria was caught in the winds...
Remembering a Member of ‘Jewish Royalty’
In need of a break from the grim coronavirus news? Here’s what I did, and I recommend it: Get a copy of, and read, Touched With Fire: Morris B. Abram and the Battle Against Racial...
Aharon Appelfeld’s ‘To The Edge of Sorrow’ Asks the Right Questions
The Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld died in 2018. His novel To the Edge of Sorrow,...
Revisionist Author Tries to Distort the Record of David Ben-Gurion
Tom Segev’s well-written biography of Israel’s first prime minister, A State At Any Cost: The...
New Book Tells a Holocaust Family Mystery
I just finished reading an extraordinary new book, House on Endless Waters by author Emuna Elon. From...
Former Obama Speechwriter Offers Answers to ‘Why Be Jewish?’ Question in New Book
Why be Jewish? Nowadays, embracing Jewish identity and practice is optional, even for those who were...
Loeffler Book Offers Help in Answering New York Times Columnist
Michelle Goldberg’s New York Times column earlier this month headlined “Anti-Zionism Isn’t the Same as...
‘Bibi’ Offers Close-Up Look at Israeli Politician in Family Context
Every Jewish American home library should have at least two books by authors named Netanyahu. “Self-Portrait of a Hero,” the collection of letters by Jonathan Netanyahu,...
‘In Praise of Good Bookstores’ Earns a Kiss on the Cover
Behind many of America’s best independent bookstores have been proprietors from Jewish families. In New York, The Strand is owned by Nancy Bass Wyden, whose family...
New Book Reveals a Gripping True Story From Auschwitz
In his gripping new book, The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield relates the true story of the Kleinmann family of Vienna....
Remembering a Member of ‘Jewish Royalty’
In need of a break from the grim coronavirus news? Here’s what I did, and I recommend it: Get a copy of, and read, Touched...
Aharon Appelfeld’s ‘To The Edge of Sorrow’ Asks the Right Questions
The Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld died in 2018. His novel To the Edge of Sorrow, published in Israel in 2012, is out this week in...
Revisionist Author Tries to Distort the Record of David Ben-Gurion
Tom Segev’s well-written biography of Israel’s first prime minister, A State At Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion, is undercut by the author’s biases...
New Book Tells a Holocaust Family Mystery
I just finished reading an extraordinary new book, House on Endless Waters by author Emuna Elon. From start to finish, I found it to be well-written, touching,...
Former Obama Speechwriter Offers Answers to ‘Why Be Jewish?’ Question in New Book
Why be Jewish? Nowadays, embracing Jewish identity and practice is optional, even for those who were born into it. Sarah Hurwitz’s own story is an example....
Loeffler Book Offers Help in Answering New York Times Columnist
Michelle Goldberg’s New York Times column earlier this month headlined “Anti-Zionism Isn’t the Same as Anti-Semitism,” generated a number of strong responses. Here at The Algemeiner, Benjamin...
Herman Wouk Looks Back After a Century (BOOK REVIEW)
Over the course of his life, Herman Wouk wrote a number of successful novels and other books. The Caine Mutiny, finished in 1951, was on...
Jewish Author’s ‘Messy’ Draft Transforms Into Rock Star Novel on Amazon
JNS.org - “Writing is a messy process,” says author Elizabeth Poliner. “People who don’t write fiction would be surprised to see what early drafts could look...
Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief (BOOK REVIEW)
Religion, Politics and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief by Asaf Romirowsky & Alexander H. Joffe (Palgrave Macmillan; 2013) Although this book came out several years...
The Syrian Virgin (REVIEW)
The Syrian Virgin, by Zack Love. CreateSpace, 2015. The Syrian Virgin, by Zack Love, is a very interesting novel. Equally a political and romantic thriller, at times...
Psychiatry and the Spirit
Why do we think so negatively about psychiatrists that we still insult them by calling them shrinks? Some medics might be quacks, but we don’t...
