Book Reviews
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...
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 figure who wrote initially in French. Levi was a modest retiring...
Tracing Chabad’s History and Success (REVIEW)
The secret of Chabad’s worldwide success is revealed by veteran Chabad shliach (emissary) Rabbi David Eliezrie in his new book, The Secret of Chabad. The Chabad movement was founded by Rabbi Schnur Zalman of Liadi, Belarus,...
‘The Pater’ Tells a Story of Childlessness From the Rare Male Perspective (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Dozens if not hundreds of books have been written about the childlessness of Jewish women — and the stories are told from their perspective. But in his recently released volume, The Pater: My Father, My...
Looking to the Past for Lessons on How to Live Today (REVIEW)
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ latest book, Not In God’s Name, deals with the literal and figurative meaning...
In the Middle East, ‘The Tail Wags the Dog’ (REVIEW)
Blaming the West has become the most pervasive method of teaching for many Middle East...
How to Win a Debate With an Israel-Hater (REVIEW)
Despite Michael Harris' substantial previous work as a pro-Israel advocate -- including lectures, panel discussions, media appearances...
Britain’s Former Chief Rabbi Tackles the Roots of Islamist Terror in New Book (INTERVIEW)
An ominous shadow has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, leaving chaos and...
‘Pastry Secrets’ Arrive Just in Time for Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - Babka. Strudel. Stollen. Danish pastry. Not to mention Gugelhopf and Charlotte. The names set...
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...
Tracing Chabad’s History and Success (REVIEW)
The secret of Chabad’s worldwide success is revealed by veteran Chabad shliach (emissary) Rabbi David Eliezrie in his new book, The Secret of Chabad. The Chabad...
‘The Pater’ Tells a Story of Childlessness From the Rare Male Perspective (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Dozens if not hundreds of books have been written about the childlessness of Jewish women — and the stories are told from their perspective....
Looking to the Past for Lessons on How to Live Today (REVIEW)
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ latest book, Not In God’s Name, deals with the literal and figurative meaning of the commandment, “Do not take the Lord’s name on vain.”...
In the Middle East, ‘The Tail Wags the Dog’ (REVIEW)
Blaming the West has become the most pervasive method of teaching for many Middle East studies departments, which are becoming the heart of pop-culture academia....
How to Win a Debate With an Israel-Hater (REVIEW)
Despite Michael Harris' substantial previous work as a pro-Israel advocate -- including lectures, panel discussions, media appearances and work with Stand With Us -- his new book, Winning a Debate With...
Britain’s Former Chief Rabbi Tackles the Roots of Islamist Terror in New Book (INTERVIEW)
An ominous shadow has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, leaving chaos and carnage in its wake. Mad men armed with Kalashnikovs and depraved...
‘Pastry Secrets’ Arrive Just in Time for Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - Babka. Strudel. Stollen. Danish pastry. Not to mention Gugelhopf and Charlotte. The names set the mouth to watering and conjure up lovingly concocted pastries...
Fusing Israeli and Holocaust History, Novel Offers a ‘Middle Eastern Western’
JNS.org - There is a game that all of us have played at some time in our lives. We ask ourselves: What would my life be...
A Righteous Gentile Navigates the Sharkpool of Washington’s Middle East Correspondents (REVIEW)
The Tribalist, by Louis Marano, is ostensibly a work of fiction but at its core a kind of love song by a gentile journalist for...
Can ‘Islamic Reformation’ Work? (REVIEW)
It is cocktail hour on an April afternoon in 2004. The sun is hot on Amsterdam's canals, and I am sitting at Café den Leeuw...
Book Paints Painful-But-Inspiring Picture of Holocaust’s Immediate Aftermath
JNS.org - Dan Stone’s “The Liberation of the Camps: The End of the Holocaust and Its Aftermath” is difficult reading, and not just because it documents...
‘Arms and the Dudes:’ New Book, Film Detail How Ex-Orthodox Yeshiva Guys Became Top Suppliers for Afghan Army
A new book and its upcoming film adaptation tell the true story of how three former yeshiva students who habitually smoked marijuana scored a $300...
