A royal deception in service to humanity
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER In an unusual contrast to gentiles saving Jews from the Nazis, Jewish Pepi Mehlberg saved Poles. ...
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Another golem runs amok
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Utterly preposterous, profanity laden and very clever, The Golem of Brooklyn is an unpredictable, crazy-quilt twist ...
Struggling for mere existence in the Shoah
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER By the time the Soviet army reaches Dörnhau — death’s waiting house — prisoner 33031 has ...
I.B. Singer’s American essays
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A frequent theme among Isaac Bashevis Singer’s newly translated wartime essays is his lament for the ...
When Israel was attacked 50 years ago
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Hamas’ deadly penetration of southern Israel occurred 50 years and a day after the near-disastrous attacks ...
Journey to the old land of woe
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER From early childhood, prosperous Tel Aviv shop owner Yaakov Fein heard his parents talk wistfully with ...
Repressing memories of a week in 1970
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Martha Hodes wanted to know what it was like to be 12 years old, traveling with ...
A whodunit from back in the USSR
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Refusenik Viktor Moroz was spotted leaving the scene of a grisly double ax murder, and the ...
Israel, ‘an almost magical story’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Daniel Gordis starts his new book asking: “Is Israel a success?” His answer, readable and engaging, ...
A novel about the controversial Transfer Agreement
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Ask most U.S. baby boomer Jews and their offspring about Haim Arlosoroff and it’s a good ...
