Nonfiction FDR and the Jews by Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman. (Harvard University Press, 433 pp. $29.95) One of the more contentious issues in Holocaust historiography
Serach at the Seder: A Haggadah Supplement by Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum. (www.jewishspirit.com, 11 pp. $18) Have you heard of Serach bat Asher? Her name is mentioned
Five books explore four complex people(s), places and events. Gloria Goldreich reviews two books that look at the enigma of writer Irene Nemirovsky—in her fiction
Just in time for Hadassah’s 100th birthday, two academic presses have released in-depth appraisals of the significant roles played by Hadassah in American Jewish and
The Washington Haggadah by Joel ben Simon. Translated by David Stern. (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $39.95) Collectors can now enjoy a facsimile edition