Books: From Berlin to Israel
NONFICTION Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World by James Carroll. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 418 pp. $28) Novelist, columnist, playwright, memoirist, winner of
Summer Reading Into Fall: Spies, Supermen, Sleuths and Spirits
From Daniel Silva’s latest Gabriel Allon thriller to a V.I. Warshowski mystery by Sara Paretsky, there is plenty of good fiction to engage you. Satisfyingly,
Books: Modern, Fictional Treatments of Anne Frank
Revisiting Anne Frank, for Better or for Worse By Sanford Pinsker Anne Frank’s extraordinary diary made her a subject of adoration—and of controversy. Just as
Freedom—What Does It Mean?
The Free World: A Novel by David Bezmozgis. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 356 pp. $26) In 1980, when David Bezmozgis was 7, he and his family
Summer Reading: A Roundup of New Thrills and Chills
In addition to the ever-popular crime writers Faye Kellerman and Daniel Silva, there are a number of authors not usually known for whodunits with some
Out of This World Jewish Thrillers
Shades of Twilight! This season boasts novels whose Jewish elements are part and parcel of otherworldly characters and events. They are not written in the
Novel Reads
Great House: A Novelby Nicole Krauss. (W.W. Norton, 289 pp. $24.95) In Great House, Nicole Krauss, the author of the much-acclaimed The History of Love, has created
Mirka, a New Jewish Heroine
Graphic Novel Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword. Story and illustrations by Barry Deutsch. (Amulet Books, 142 pp. $15.95) This graphic novel for tweens of
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