Closely observe any Jewish congregation in the world and, sooner or later, you’ll notice all the shades of Jewish literacy. Whether the synagogue is Orthodox,

“Kvell,” says Leo Rosten’s The Joys of Yiddish, is “to beam with immense pride and pleasure, most commonly over an achievement of a child or grandchild.”

The mystique of an ancient text filled with historic discourses and debates has called to Jews throughout the ages. My father never stopped studying Talmud.

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The master of the legal thriller is back with a multigenerational tale that touches on Jewish assimilation in America. The novel is largely inspired by