How Jews became white
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel and the Jews, dies at 85
A.B. Yehoshua the novelist took a sharp knife to his fellow citizens’ pretensions and delusions, writing books that laid Israel bare like an open...
Before WWII, Jewish mobsters kept Nazis at bay in the US — with...
By Howard Lovy
The way author Michael Benson tells it, one day in 1938, New York judge and Jewish communal leader Nathan Perlman sat at...
