In many ways Theodore Roosevelt was limited by the ideas of his times. ...
The more things change, the more Jews remain the same; while the more Jews change, the more things remain the same. ...
Sip it slowly, and live or relive this golden age—an era giddy with hope, a time of light. ...
I came away feeling that this book ought to be read by all kinds of Jews. ...
Levy Hideo, born Ian Hideo Levy, left the United States and gave birth to a genre in Japan known as “border-crossing” literature. ...
Is it possible to be evenhanded in discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Israeli-Hamas war? ...
“Red Scare” doesn’t describe a country devoted to free speech and willing to fight for the right of others to express dissenting opinions. ...
“It is clearly not a flawless book, but it is definitely a good read.” ...
The novel brings overdue attention to the fate of the Yiddish language in the Holocaust, seeing it as a victim in its own right. ...
Julius’s story tells us what Jews have made of Abraham. ...
Families, cities and planets are “atomized,” seemingly beyond redemption, in this hellscape of a novel. ...
Should you give books as holiday presents? Of course you should! ...