Power of refusal
Review
“We Refuse To Be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship At A Time” by Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby. New...
Jews in secret
Review
“Jacobo’s Rainbow: A Novel” by David Hirshberg. Bedford, N.Y.: Fig Tree Books, 2021. 338 pages. $19.95.
Thousands of Spanish-speaking people, many living in the American...
An American rabbi in Buchenwald
Review
By Bat-Ami Zucker
“The Rabbi of Buchenwald,” by Rafael Medoff. Yeshiva University Press; distributed by ktav.com; 502 pages., $29.95.
There is a remarkable scene, early in...
The justice who put the bad old days behind us
Review
“Justice, Justice You Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union”
By Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler
University of California...
The biographer in Philip Roth’s corner
Review
‘Philip Roth: The Biography’
By Blake Bailey
W.W. Norton & Co.
Philip Roth was born March 19, 1933 in Newark, N.J., and, until his death in 2018,...
Aaron Leibel’s ‘crazy or courageous’ Israel odyssey
In 1972, Aaron Leibel moved from Maryland to Israel without even having set eyes on the country. A 30 year old with a doctorate...
Getting serious about fighting back
Review
“The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead” by Hesh Kestin. New York: Wicked Son Books, 2021. 200 pages. $27.
When he was in...
