Julia M. Klein, the Forward’s contributing book critic, has been a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. Follow her @JuliaMKlein and @juliamklein.bsky.social
Julia M. KleinContributing Book Critic
By Julia M. Klein
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Books This writer has finally forgiven Glenn Close; whether Glenn Close cares is another story
Bruce Eric Kaplan's latest tells a cautionary tale of adventures in the screen trade
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Culture The true story of a Dutch Jewish survivor inspires a tale of WWII resistance
'A Place to Hide' is Ronald Balson's latest historical novel
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Books Transgression, dystopia and comedy reign at a Reform synagogue in a Toronto suburb
The stories in Aaron Kreuter's 'Rubble Children' seem particularly fresh and relevant after Oct. 7
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Culture New Holocaust memoir shifts the focus from survivors to descendants
'Irena's Gift' tries to untangle the web of inherited trauma
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Reuven Fenton's debut novel 'Goyhood' interrogates Jewish identity with a jaunty sense of adventure
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Books How Barbara Walters changed the world
Interviewing the likes of Vladimir Putin, Monica Lewinsky and Fidel Castro, the groundbreaking journalist remade television in her own image
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Deborah Zoe Laufer's 'The Last Yiddish Speaker' envisions a dystopian future for America
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Books What we keep getting wrong about the Holocaust
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