Books & Literature

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Remember the wire-service photo in 2000 of a bleeding civilian sitting in front of a shouting,...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Odds are the Ephrussi — to use the author’s charming plural — were the richest Jewish...

Jewish sports entrepreneurs and black baseball players forged unusual relationships in the early part of the 20th century Reviewed by...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER In a work of uncommon clarity, New York Times reporter Diana Henriques traces Bernie Madoff’s empire...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was so outrageous that it polarized France and led, indirectly, to...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Vasily Grossman’s writing sneaks up on you, its simplicity building to powerful impressions as he records...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A sad, shameful, too-little discussed fact about the Shoah is that most of the perpetrators got...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Hank Greenberg became one of baseball’s legendary hitters, but his near-instant fame came from something he...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER James Carroll’s new book is about two Jerusalems — one of streets and walls, one of...

Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Heaven is a brightly written look at how Jews, Christians and Muslims think about heaven —...