Sherlock Holmes and an anti-Semitic forgery
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer; Minotaur Books, 2019; ISBN 9781250-228956; 235 pages, $25.99.
Star Trek script screenwriter Nicholas Meyer has appropriated the characters of Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Dr. John Watson from the...
Friendship His Key to Survival at Auschwitz
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku; HarperCollins Publishers © 2021; ISBN 9780063-097681; 195 pages, $24.99.
This memoir by Australian centenarian Eddie Jaku departs from memoirs by...
Debut Novel Takes Us to a Dystopian Planet
The Melody of Memory by Cheryl Brin, (c) 2021, ISBN 9781953-034694; 307 pages, available on Amazon.
The action in this debut novel by San Diego County resident Cheryl Brin occurs sometime in the distant future on a...
Scholars Detail Growth of American Jewish History
Conversations with Colleagues, On Becoming An American Jewish Historian, edited by Jeffrey S. Gurock (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2018) 270 pages.
Conversations Between Colleagues has a personal, useful and informative festschrift flavor that honors the profession of American...
Author Adopts Maimonides’ Principles as True Judaism
13 Principles of Emuna, The Timeless Foundations of Jewish Faith by Rabbi Lazer Brody, Emuna Beams Publication, ©2021, ISBN 979-8715611093, p. 175, $12.95.
Born in Cordoba in 1135, but living his adult life in Fostat (Old...
First ever book about the Jewish festivals for emerging Jewish communities released in time...
“Hands-On Jewish Holidays”, a book about the Jewish festivals specifically targeted to emerging Jewish communities, those communities who are discovering Jewish ancestry and wishing to reconnect to the traditions of their ancestors, has been...
Book Review: ‘The Taming of the Jew’
Tuvia Tenenbom is an expat Israeli who has lived in Germany and elsewhere for many decades, working as a journalist and author. Holding many academic degrees, Tenenbom is also a playwright, essayist, and the founding artistic...
Thriller Novel Tells of War, Rogue Operations on Israel-Lebanon Border
The Beirut Protocol: A Marcus Ryker Series Political and Military Action Thriller: (Book 4) by Joel C. Rosenberg, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., © 2021 ISBN 1496437896; 464 pages, $23.79.
In his fourth appearance in a...
American remembers a life in Israel
Figs and Alligators: An American Immigrant’s Life in Israel in the 1970s and 1980s by Aaron Leibel, Chickadee Press, © 2021’ ISBN 9781732-913950; 124 pages, $12.99.
There are figs in Israel, of course. But alligators? Perhaps...
The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games, by Ron Kaplan
While as a whole the Jewish people are often typecast as a cerebral people, more interested in academic pursuits than in physical prowess, Jews have at the same time held a deep love affair...