On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War by Bernard Wasserstein. (Simon & Schuster, 553 pp. $32.50) The “eve” in Bernard Wasserstein’s study
In Paradise
In Paradise: A Novel by Peter Matthiessen. (Riverhead Books, 272 pp. $16 paper) Three weeks after 86-year-old Peter Matthiessen died on April 5, 2014, what he
The Bridal Chair
The Bridal Chair: A Novel by Gloria Goldreich. (Sourcebooks Landmark, 496 pp. $14.99 paper) Thirty years ago, the world lost a great artist, Moishe Shagal, better
Root Source
Christians searching for ways to connect to the Bible and Jewish thought have a new multimedia resource, subscription-based Root Source.
Turn It and Turn It
According to humorist Ephraim Kishon, when Israelis are asked לַעֲמד בַּתּר (la-amod ba-tor), to stand in line, there are always a “privileged few” who consider
The Newburgh Sting
In 2009, four Muslim men conspired to blow up two synagogues in the wealthy Jewish community of Riverdale, New York. Their plot was foiled in a massive F.B.I.…
DVD Roundup, from Josef Mengele to Dancing in Jaffa
A roundup of DVDs, from a documentary on Arab and Jewish kids learning ballroom dancing to a film about Josef Mengele.
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