Books & Literature
Mark Helprin: Paris, sentence by sentence
Paris in the Present Tense, by Mark Helprin, Overlook, 394 pages, $28.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Mark Helprin is a...
Melody Moezzi : The same struggle
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor The 17th Annual Twin Cities Mental Health Education Conference, Oct. 22 at Temple Israel,...
Dorit Rabinyan: ‘A curse, then a blessing, then a curse’
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, who will be in Minneapolis Oct. 23, found herself in...
An unexpected ending from Nathan Englander
Dinner at the Center of the Earth, by Nathan Englander, Knopf, 252 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Nathan Englander...
Peres: Optimism, not naiveté
No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination and the Making of Modern Israel, by Shimon Peres, Custom House Books, 227...
Ilana Kurshan: A delightful surprise
If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir, by Ilana Kurshan, St. Martin’s, 299 pages, $26.99 hardcover Reviewed by NEAL...
Local Jewish book readings
Gabrielle Zevin, author of Young Jane Young, (recently reviewed by Neal Gendler) has two readings scheduled in Minnesota. The readings...
Young Jane Young: Politics and strange bedfellows
Young Jane Young, by Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, 320 pages, $26.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER For years, it must have been...
Lincoln Del: A taste of Minnesota Jewish cooking
The Lincoln Del Cookbook: Best-loved Recipes from the Legendary Bakery and Deli, by Wendi Zelkin Rosenstein and Kit Naylor, Minnesota...
David and the Philistine Woman: Throwing rocks
David and the Philistine Woman, by Paul Boorstin, Top Hat Books, 316 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER One problem...
