Tag: Book Reviews
Half-Jewish boy survives Nazi school
The Boy Who Saw in Colours by Lauren Robinson; (c) 2020; ISBN 97818380-533540; 361 pages.
This novel arrived unbidden to my reading pile; its author evidently British given that the letter “u” that found its way...
A tale of adventure, romance, and Russian anti-Semitism
A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum, Grand Central Publishing, © 2019; ISBN 9781537-46288; 451 pages plus acknowledgments; reading group guide; author Q&A; $16.99.
Now in paperback, A Bend in the Stars takes its name from the...
A Workbook for fighting antisemitism that falls short
How to Fight Anti-Semitism. Bari Weiss. Published by Crown, 2019. 15.29
Bari Weiss, author of How to Fight Anti-Semitism ( Crown, 2019), is a seasoned writer. She learned her trade at Tablet, the Wall Street Journal, and The New...
Good vs evil in a chessboard, parallel universe
Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind by Eduard Shyfin, illustrations by Tomislav Tomic; White Rose Pubilshing, 2019, ISBN 9781912-802150, 188 pages; $19.99.
Siblings Aaron and Stella eat some magic sushi and they...
German’s diary tells of opposition to Hitler
The opening quote sets the tone for a remarkable book, My Opposition, the Diary of Friedrich Kellner, a German against the Third Reich (1939-1945), edited by Robert Scott Kellner. This month, a new paperback edition is...