Book Reviews
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...
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, published in Israel in 2012, is out this week in English from Schocken Books, translated by Stuart Schoffman. The book is...
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 and penchant for narrative. It would be hard to imagine Israeli...
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...
Herman Wouk Looks Back After a Century (BOOK REVIEW)
Over the course of his life, Herman Wouk wrote a number of successful novels and...
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...
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...
Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam (REVIEW)
Nothing Abides: Perspectives on the Middle East and Islam, by Daniel Pipes. Transaction Publishers, 2015. More doggedly than any other expert on Middle East affairs Daniel...
The Collected Works of Primo Levi, Edited by Ann Goldstein (REVIEW)
Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel were the two most immediate and authentic literary voices who gave witness to the Holocaust. Wiesel was an extrovert and a very public...
IDF Tanks Stare Down Lebanese Troops, Hezbollah Fighters in Tense Moment on Northern Border
Hides That Reveal: DNA Helps Scholars Divine Dead Sea Scrolls
With Class Stuck at Home for COVID-19, Jewish Day School Brings Mobile Graduation Truck, Ceremony to 85 Student Homes
Islamic Hackers Group Claims Responsibility for Cyber-Attack That Exposed Personal Info of Hundreds of Israelis
New Israeli Ballistic Missile Passes Sea Tests With High Level of Accuracy