By Malcolm Forbes
Vasily Grossman traveled from Moscow to Armenia in 1961 to edit a long war novel. ‘An Armenian Sketchbook’ is arguably the novelist’s most personal work.
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By Benjamin Ivry
János Starker, the Jewish cellist who died at 88, was one of the most accomplished musicians of his age. His uncompromising style never hid a fierce elegance.
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By Scott Christianson
Clemens Kalischer survived the Holocaust to become one of our greatest photographers. At the age of 92, he is finally putting down his camera.
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By Philologos
President Obama called the Boston Marathon bombing a ‘cowardly act.’ Why don’t we ever stop to think what an absurd adjective this is to describe most terror attacks?
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By Julia M. Klein
A new book chronicles the author’s experiences in Auschwitz. It reads with refreshing immediacy, describing how a spirited young girl negotiated increasingly desperate times.
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By Anthony Weiss
Robert Alter has now translated more than 60% of the Hebrew bible in 20 years. He’s up to the part about the schisms and assassinations following the death of Solomon.
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By Pamela Cytrynbaum
When you cannot conceive, the last thing you want to hear is: So, are you pregnant yet? Jennifer Gilmore has written the response, in the form of a novel.
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By Shoshana Olidort
Stuart Nadler tells a story about a love story between a Jewish boy and a black girl in 1950s suburbia. The debut novel also explores a fraught father-son relationship.
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By Benjamin Ivry
The luxurious spas of Eastern and Central Europe were once choice hangouts for everyone from Karl Marx to Franz Kafka. A new book by Mirjam Zadoff looks back fondly at that lost era.
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By Jerome Chanes
Without big changes, the future of Israel is under threat, a new book asserts. Not from Palestinians or Iran, but from the ultra-Orthodox who seek to extend control over the state and society.
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