‘Heroes of Liberty’ series pushes back against ‘woke ideology’ in children’s literature
Heroes of Liberty, a newly released book series for children, teaches values such as liberty and freedom amid what conservative columnist and commentator Bethany Mandel labels as a plague of “woke ideology” that is...
Author Tells of Survivor Mother and the Extraordinary Medical Campaign that Saved Her
This is an academic work, yet a very personal one for Bernice Lerner of Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility. The Jewish girl referred to in the subtitle was author Lerner’s mother,...
Biography of David Sealtiel Tells Struggles of Pre-State Israel
This small book, subtitled (in German) “I want to be a compatriot of the Jewish people,” describes the life of the man who rebelled against the bourgeois and orthodox way of life of his...
The Joys of Jewish Preserving: Modern Recipes with Traditional Roots, for Jams, Pickles, Fruit...
Food preservation, a necessity before the advent of modern refrigeration, is popular again. The slow food movement, which stresses the use of locally grown food prepared with minimal processing, is a factor. The Jewish...
“The Mystery of the Missing Pitom”, by Beverly Mach Geller
After Yosef, his brothers and father built their sukah, they went to buy a lulav and etrog. Yosef is fascinated by its fragrance and can’t wait until the holiday arrives to smell it again....
The Holiness of Sex: Leonard Cohen’s Biblical Theology
On hearing that I had recently written a book about Leonard Cohen, someone asked me why I thought Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature rather than Cohen. Not being a Nobel prize adjudicator...
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...
Historical Novel Tells of 19th Century Yemenite Jews
The pomegranate pendant of the title was fashioned in gold as a wedding gift for Mazal, a fourteen-year-old Yemenite girl who is the narrator of the book. The events she recounts begin in the...
Sampling Israel’s Ethnic Groups and Restaurants
Author Ethan Michaeli is an American journalist with a knack for schmoozing with people wherever he goes. While he lives in Chicago, his older brother and parents live in Israel. He travels frequently to Israel to...
The Perfect Dose by Jack Rubinstein
Passionately written science meets the human condition in this occasionally raunchy, at turns hilarious and ultimately illuminating novel. The Perfect Dose follows a run-of-the-mill Midwest physician as he throws himself into a headlong fight...