A wedding in Hebron gets complicated
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Having served in the Middle East, FBI agent Tony Malik isn’t naive about the area’s tensions ...
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Taking care of little Joel
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER London bachelor Téo Erskine’s monthly visit to his ailing father Vic turns into an unwelcome surprise: ...
Strange journey of a prophet
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Most Jews are born that way, others have to work at it — but few as ...
Gehry’s masterpieces
A general view from Main Street of the three components of the Chiat/Day complex, Venice, Calif., including what’s known as ...
David Grossman writes of three women and family dysfunction
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’re looking for happiness in David Grossman’s new novel, you’ll need a magnifying glass — ...
Mass murder at the shul in Squirrel Hill
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER When asked to review Mark Oppenheimer’s book about the killings at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, ...
Understanding the planet of the Americans
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’ve ever wondered what America would feel like to someone from another planet, A Beginner’s ...
Multigenerational tale of love and despair
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Lauren Fox's sad, engaging Send for Me deftly reverses familiar Shoah stories. Fox writes from the ...
Dying once is enough
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How Simon Stranger’s last name is pronounced in Norwegian, I don’t know, but pronounced in English, ...
A mourner’s tale
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How much repentance is enough, and how does one compensate when profits from dishonesty were used ...
