Jewish

Image of The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion
Author(s):
Steven R. Weisman
Genre(s):
Jewish

The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion

August 6, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Robert Davis

"Weisman here gives a solid outline of the history of Jewish divisiveness that anyone can follow, an important beginning to understanding the truth over myth about Judaism in American histo

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Image of Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939
Author(s):
Edgar Feuchtwanger
Genre(s):
History, Holocaust & Other Genocide, German, Jewish

Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929–1939

November 6, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Charles S. Weinblatt

“an exceptionally powerful and emotionally charged story.”

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Image of On Turpentine Lane
Author(s):
Elinor LIpman
Genre(s):
Humor, Jewish, Literary Fiction

On Turpentine Lane

February 23, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Ariel Balter

“a highly engaging, charming read . . .”

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Image of TREYF: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw
Author(s):
Elissa Altman
Genre(s):
Personal Memoir, Culinary, Jewish

Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw

September 19, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Margaret Placentra Johnston

For anyone not familiar with the term, this book’s title will make little sense until a definition of treyf has been supplied.

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Image of Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War
Author(s):
Ian Buruma
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Historical, Jewish

Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War

February 9, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Janet Levine

“a well-written, family memoir that tackles broad questions of identity . . .”

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Image of In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible
Author(s):
Michael Walzer
Genre(s):
Religion, Philosophy, Jewish

In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible

July 1, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Liana Giorgi

“In God’s Shadow is an interesting scholarly book on a challenging topic.”

“How much room for politics can there be when God is the ultimate ruler?”

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Image of Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
Author(s):
Weiner, Eric
Genre(s):
Travel, Religion, Cultural Affairs, Travel Writing, Religious, Cultural Affairs, Religious, Religion, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Jewish, Travel, Travel Writing, Cultural Affairs, Religious, Religion, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Jewish, Travel, Travel Writing, Jewish, Islam, Catholicism, Buddhism

Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

November 29, 2011
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

“Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine scans rituals so venerable they lack inventors, and doctrines so fresh he watches them evolve in real time.”

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Image of Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League
Author(s):
Aaron Pribble
Genre(s):
Baseball, Middle East, Jewish

Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League

February 22, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dorothy Seymour Mills

Picture a league full of pro players, several from the United States and the rest from Canada, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, and the Ukraine—all playing on a base

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Image of Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority
Author(s):
Sue Fishkoff
Genre(s):
Jewish, Jewish, Essays

Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America's Food Answers to a Higher Authority

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Fran Hawthorne

There are many ways to define “kosher.” The Hebrew root of the word simply means fit—food that is fitting for Jews to eat.

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