Trieste: A Novel
Few cities have had as rich and varied a history as Trieste, whose borders have been defined and redefined countless time.
The novels and stories that capture our imaginations and are close to our hearts.
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The Grammar of God, a ReviewAviya Kushner has written a work of popular scholarship that has a point or two to make about what the Bible has come to mean to English speakers.
‘Doomed to Succeed’ by Dennis RossWhen a respected veteran diplomat like Ross offers guidance to American and Israeli policymakers, we would all be wise to listen.
A Remarkable KindnessThe title of this ambitious, compassionate tale of four women who love, lose and rededicate themselves to life refers to a “solemn, ancient, sacred” burial ritual, a hesed
A Guest at the Shooters’ BanquetIn her new memoir, Rita Gabis tells of unearthing facts about her once-beloved grandfather, the chief of police from 1941 to 1943 under the Gestapo in the Lithuanian
The Marriage of Opposites: A NovelHow do you describe colors to a blind person? Can you convey the shadings, the nuances, the intensities? In The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman asks the reader
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and WarningIn his controversial new history of the Holocaust, Timothy Snyder argues that anti-Semitism cannot fully explain the behavior of those involved in the murder of the Jews.
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