Rose and Max (z”l) Schindler relate their survivals
There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person intended to become a lifelong spouse. Sometimes, he or she may live just down the street; other times, you...
Twenty-five years later: Three new books introduce the Lubavitcher Rebbe to a new generation
When Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—known universally as “the Rebbe”—passed away 25 years ago, skeptics predicted the end of the forward growth and momentum of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement he had led for four decades.
It seems...
New memoir by friend of Dylan’s reveals details about musician’s Jewish roots
A new memoir written by Bob Dylan’s best friend gives readers a glimpse into parts of the music icon’s Jewish side that have previously fallen under the radar.
In Dylan & Me: 50 Years of Adventures (written...
The Big Lie And the toxic BDS professors who tell it
Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Faculty Campaign Against the Jewish State . Cary Nelson. Published by Indiana University Press, 2019. $17.99 Paperback pp.658
Fiercely anti-Zionist students have become a fixture on American college campuses. They depend...
Am I small? Bin ikh kleyn?: English-Yiddish: Children’s Picture Book (Bilingual Edition), by Philipp...
English-Yiddish Bilingual Edition
"Am I small?" - Tamia is not sure and keeps asking various animals that she meets on her journey. Eventually she finds the surprising answer...
By Philipp Winterberg (Author), Nadja Wichmann (Illustrator), Sandra...
Book Review: ‘Newcomers in an Ancient Land’
For the most part, this is a pleasant if tentative memoir, which will be informative for people contemplating a first trip from the United States to Israel, but which otherwise breaks no new ground. ...
Deconstructing where American media has gone wrong
You just know that in the place where irony is calibrated, the needle on the meter must be going crazy.
Over at the newspaper that boasts it prints “all the news that fits,” they have...
Book Review: ‘Asylum’
Written at the time of the actual events, this powerful book starts by describing the atmosphere in Vienna before the Anschluss by Nazi Germany, followed by the author’s flight, together with his wife and non-Jewish housekeeper,...
Book review: ‘The Limits of the World’
Immigrants from India found themselves distrusted by both sides of the racial divide in colonial Kenya. As far as black Africans were concerned, the brown-skinned Asians were part of the ruling class, and as...
Book Review: ‘Radical Inclusion’
If I understand author Edmund Case’s basic premise, it is if people “do Jewish,” then for all practical purposes, they are members of the Jewish community and ought to be recognized and treated as...