Books

Apples to Apples

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Review “Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple” by Azzan Yadin-Israel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 181 pages....

Longtime Northern Virginia residents Susan and Shawn Dilles counter conventional wisdom in new book

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Before Susan and Shawn Dilles moved to the Washington area in the 1980s, a relative gave them a piece of advice. “Jews don’t go to...

How Jews became white

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Review “Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities” by Emily Tamkin. New York: HarperCollins, 2022. 256 pages | $28.99. In her introduction, author Emily...

Raskin, Tannen speak at Beth El in Alexandria

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As lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) headed the effort to convict President Donald Trump in his second Senate trial. That 2021 impeachment, like...

Kathryn Schulz’s memoir soars on the wings of love

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Review “Lost & Found” by Kathryn Schulz. New York: Random House, 2022. 256 pages. $27. It was the worst of books. It was the best of...

A Nina’s-eye-view of the Supreme Court and RBG

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REVIEW “Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships” by Nina Totenberg. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022. 304 pages $27.99. If kindness and...

New book explores the insane career of Syrian Jewish hustler ‘Crazy Eddie’ Antar

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By Stephen Silver | JTA Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discounts stores in...

Saul Golubcow introduces his Holocaust survivor-turned-private eye

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As a student at Rutgers, Saul Golubcow wrote for a literary magazine. An English professor saw something in the young man’s work and urged...

Book on rabbinic abuse hits home

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Review “When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture” by Elana Sztokman. lionessbooks.com. 442 pages $36.99. This book...

Tale of the heroic everyman

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Review “Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest to Find the Silver Lining in Misfortune” by Roni Robbins. Oegstgeest, Netherlands: Amsterdam Publishers, 2022. 230 pages. $19.95. Sam...