Book Reviews
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (REVIEW)
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (Syracuse University Press, 2011). Lost causes, forsaken beliefs, impossible loyalties! How many of these figure in, and sometimes disfigure,...
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage (REVIEW)
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage, by Ze'ev Maghen (Amazon.com, 2011). Gershom Scholem, the Leviathan of Jewish mysticism and influential professor at Hebrew University from 1933-65, once mischievously remarked that a country's talent...
Genocidal Liberalism: The University’s Jihad Against Israel & Jews (REVIEW)
Genocidal Liberalism: The University's Jihad Against Israel & Jews, by Richard L. Cravatts. Sherman Oaks, CA: David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2012. By locating a genocidal impulse at work in today's universities, the explosive title...
Hitler’s Jewish Magician
The curtain opens on a frightening scene: Post-World War I Germany. Punishing reparations, a war-scarred public and a fractured society have doomed Germany's Weimar Republic, paving the way for Nazism. Amidst the chaos,...
Respectable Memoir, Some Shrewd Manipulation by an East European Government “• or Both?
Review of We Are Here. Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. By Ellen Cassedy. University...
New Book: Israeli Spy Agency Assasinated Iranian Scientists
Boston.com/AP - A new book claims Israel's spy agency dispatched assassins into Iran, as...
New Book Opens Lid on Jewish Race Question
Forward - In his new book, "Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People," ...
Loss and Recovery: Stephen Greenblatt’s “The Swerve”
A few years ago, Stephen Greenblatt was asked to write on Vilna (also known as...
Race, Religion and DNA
The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA By Jeff Wheelwright W.W. Norton and...
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (REVIEW)
American Hebrew Literature, by Michael Weingrad (Syracuse University Press, 2011). Lost causes, forsaken beliefs, impossible loyalties! How many of these figure in, and sometimes disfigure, Jewish...
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage (REVIEW)
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage, by Ze'ev Maghen (Amazon.com, 2011). Gershom Scholem, the Leviathan of Jewish mysticism and influential professor at Hebrew...
Genocidal Liberalism: The University’s Jihad Against Israel & Jews (REVIEW)
Genocidal Liberalism: The University's Jihad Against Israel & Jews, by Richard L. Cravatts. Sherman Oaks, CA: David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2012. By locating a...
Hitler’s Jewish Magician
The curtain opens on a frightening scene: Post-World War I Germany. Punishing reparations, a war-scarred public and a fractured society have doomed Germany's...
Respectable Memoir, Some Shrewd Manipulation by an East European Government “• or Both?
Review of We Are Here. Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust. By Ellen Cassedy. University of Nebraska Press, 273 pp. Paperback $19.95. What do you do...
New Book: Israeli Spy Agency Assasinated Iranian Scientists
Boston.com/AP - A new book claims Israel's spy agency dispatched assassins into Iran, as part of a campaign to sabotage the country's disputed nuclear...
New Book Opens Lid on Jewish Race Question
Forward - In his new book, "Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People," Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist and professor at Albert Einstein...
Loss and Recovery: Stephen Greenblatt’s “The Swerve”
A few years ago, Stephen Greenblatt was asked to write on Vilna (also known as Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania) for the Nextbook series. However,...
Race, Religion and DNA
The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA By Jeff Wheelwright W.W. Norton and Company, 260 pages, $26.95 "From breast cancer to secret Jewish rituals,...
Thinking, Fast and Slow – A Must Read
I must recommend Daniel Kahneman's book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. I was won over at the very start when he describes his conversations ...
Judy Blume’s “Most Autobiographical Character”
Tablet - Sixty-five years ago this winter, in 1947, a fifth-grade girl found she was suddenly the new kid in school, longing for...
BEST JEWISH BOOKS OF 2011!
Each year the Jewish Book Council releases their list of the top annual reads. Today, the 2011 list was announced. It includes a Pulitzer Prize winning...
Book Review: Kosher Jesus
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Gefen Publishing House. Once again Shmuley Boteach has ventured bravely into an area that most Jews prefer...
The Finkler Question and Answer
In most cases, when a good book is written and published, it is read, reviewed and then critiqued, assigned to a library shelf and often...
