Book describes education in utropia
It is many years since I read material on the theory of education, and this book on the subject came into my hands through the kindness of our new neighbor, who also happens to...
Love and Foreign Travel Share This Novel with the Occult
When the man and woman drawn to each other are both septuagenarians you know this will not be the usual type of love story, although a love story it is.
Roger and Frannie had been...
Author’s Vivid Accounts Range From Nazi Death Camps to Boston’s Worst Neighborhoods
From Broken Glass: My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler’s Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation, by Steve Ross, is truly an inspiring story. Interspersed with the author’s vivid recollections of being incarcerated...
Historical Fiction Examines Life for Jews in Nazi Germany
As recorded testimony and documentation reminds society of human rights violations committed throughout history, Herb Rothman authored a work of historical fiction that depicts what it was like for Jewish families to live under Nazi...
Book Review: ‘Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story’
With immigration a hot topic heard on the news, this book personalizing the experience of our own Jewish ancestors immigrating from Eastern Europe to the United States via Ellis Island could not be more...
‘Nevergreen’: A Satiric Commentary on Contemporary College ‘Values’
Following a chance meeting aboard an airplane, a doctor simply identified as “J.” is invited to give a lecture at Nevergreen College, which was built on an island that formerly housed an insane asylum. ...
An Entire Book in 12 Words
Can you imagine an entire book in 12 words, not including the title?
That last sentence took one more word than that.
Yet a 12-word book was the successful collaboration of author Tammar Stein and artist...
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...
New Book Provides Up-Close Look at North American Jewish Day Schools
Readers get an up-close look at nine different Jewish day schools across North America — including two in California — in a new book, Inside Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning, and Community, co-authored by Alex Pomson,...
Book Presents 21 Jewish Role Models for Grade School Girls
She’s a Mensch: Jewish Women Who Rocked the World by Rachelle Burk and Alana Barouch, with illustrations by Arielle Trent; Seattle, Washington: Intergalactic Afikoman; © 2023; ISBN 9781951-365110; 56 pages; $19.99.
Twenty-one Jewish women whose accomplishments...