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Anti-Zionism on Campus

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The demonization and delegitimization of Israel and bigotry directed toward Jewish faculty, staff, and students is increasing at dramatic rates on university and college campuses. In these supposedly intellectual spaces, virulently anti-Israel “scholars” and student-activists connected to,...

Choosing Hope: The Heritage of Judaism

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“This book is a blessing, a sublime meditation on hope, an erudite feast of Jewish wisdom, and a wellspring of surprising, subversive, deeply satisfying epiphanies about the relationship between hope and all the emotions...
Yale Strom

A Klezmer Adventure in old Bessarabia

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Shloyml Boyml and His Purim Adventure by Yale Strom, with illustrations by Emil Singer-Fuer and translations to Yiddish by Nikolaj Olniansky; Hoor, Sweden: Olniansky Tekst Farlag publisher © 2023; ISBN 9789198-721980; 44 pages in English;...

The Burning Bush : Writings on Jews and Judaism, by Vladimir Solovyov

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"In The Burning Bush, Glazov conducts a profoundly original inquiry into Vladimir Solovyov's attitude toward Judaism. Solovyov (1853-1900) was one of the most remarkable figures of the 19th century: He was the most important...

To Destroy Jerusalem, by Howard Kaplan

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TO DESTROY JERUSALEM, Kaplan’s fifth gripping Middle East thriller, is his longest and most ambitious to date. A historical novel set in 1990, the action races around the globe from Jerusalem, to Rio de...

Hanukkah lockdown? Grab a hold of good reads for all ages

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As Jews are often referred to as people of the book, it’s no wonder readers top the Hanukkah gift list. Luckily, a whole host of new and recent books have been released from authors...

The Hidden Passion and Joy of Psalms Described by Two Rabbis

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Duets on Psalms: Drawing New Meaning From Ancient Words, Jack Riemer and Elie Spitz, Ben Yehuda Press, Teaneck, NJ, ©2023, ISBN 978-1-953829-62-7, p. 222, plus endnotes, $24.95. There is a story told of a southern...

Supernatural Tales Embody Wishes of Holocaust Rescue

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Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman with illustrations by Andrés Vera Martínez; New York: Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc; © 2023; ISBN 9780545-313483; 245 pages plus after-words by author...
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A memoir of overcoming racism

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The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl by Marra B. Gad;  2019, Bolden, An Agate Imprint; ISBN 9781572-842755; 233 pages; $17 At the age of three days, Marra B. Gad was adopted...

History of Conflict with Israel Tilts Toward the Palestinians

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Although this book claims to be an objective history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it clearly is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel narrative. The author, Michael Scott-Baumann, a resident of Cheltenham, England, had volunteered for a group calling...