Books

At 68, Charles Rammelkamp recently published his book of poems, “Catastroika.” The Baltimore writer had always been a fan of good literature. In college, he...

Laura Zam hated sex. With a passion. The District-based solo performer, writer, public speaker and most recently sexuality educator suffered for decades from painful...

By Brianne Nadeau Brianne Nadeau has represented the District’s Ward 1 on the D.C. Council since 2015. She’s been a voracious reader a lot longer...

Here are the books that are taking the writers, editors and interns of Washington Jewish Week and Baltimore Jewish Times through the summer. “Defending Jacob”...

Review “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness into an Extraordinary Vision for Life” by Sanford D....

Review “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” by John Bolton. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020. 494 pages. $32.50. At first glance, it’s...

By Lior Zaltzman This moment has many of us reeling. Honestly, for those of you who are, like me, white-presenting Jewish parents, we should consider...

Review “State of the Heart: Stories of a Humanitarian Israel” by David Kramer. Jerusalem: Urim Publishers, 2020. 183 pages. $27.95. In 2016, fires raged across Israel,...

“Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood” by Rachel Biale. Simsbury, Conn.: Mandel Vilar Press, 2020. 217 pages. $19.95. It was dawn in one...

By Robert Nagler Miller Are American Jews weird? It’s a question that Jewish readers may ask themselves while immersed in Olga Khazan’s just published “Weird: The Power...