Books


Secrets of the Cellar

By Peter Hellman

The French winemaking region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in Provence has a hidden history of anti-Semitism, as we learn in a new history of the Vichy regime.Read More


Caught Between Two Worlds

By Shoshana Olidort

The allure of the forbidden is ever-present in Anouk Markovits’s English-language debut, ‘I Am Forbidden.’ The story is a deeply felt account of people caught between worlds.Read More


Making Sense of Anti-Semitism

By Jerome A. Chanes

SUMMER BOOKS: Even with all the books out there, the global history of anti-Semitism has not been sufficiently reported. ‘A Convenient Hatred’ fills that void.Read More


Sumptuous Feast for Jewish Studies

By Caryn Aviv

SUMMER BOOKS: Reading ‘Gender and Jewish History,’ edited by noted historians Marion A. Kaplan and Deborah Dash Moore, is a bit like sitting down for a leisurely meal.Read More


Cultural Critic or Complainer-in-Chief?

By Joshua Furst

SUMMER BOOKS: Jonathan Franzen asks the uncomfortable questions that might force us as a culture to examine the disconcerting answers they beget.Read More


Hey, Mr. Banana Man

By Austin Ratner

SUMMER BOOKS: Sam Zemurray overthrew governments, may have had Huey Long killed and helped get Israel recognized. Let’s just say he wasn’t your typical Jewish banana guy.Read More


Time to Come Clean on Shoah Role

By Benjamin Ivry

The French rail company SNCF ferried Jews to death camps. Now that it is bidding for American high-speed rail contracts, the firm faces pressure to come clean.Read More


Addicted to Love (and Drugs)

By Eddy Portnoy

Two young Jewish writers have come forth to expose the seamy, alcohol-soused underbelly of the American experience. Pretty, they’re not. Hilarious, they are.Read More


Gene Pinpoints Heritage, Causes Concern

By Elie Dolgin

A Hispanic town unexpectedly found out residents had a genetic mutation that pointed to Jewish heritage. It also put them at much greater risk of getting breast cancer.Read More


Addicted to Aggadah

By Stephen Hazan Arnoff

As they recover from addiction, Peter Bebergal and Alan Kaufman find creative voices to carry their sensitivity while hanging soberly on to the world.Read More






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