Books & Literature
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...
The Netanyahu Years: Apocalyptic instincts
The Netanyahu Years by Ben Caspit, translated by Ora Cummings, Thomas Dunne, 493 pages, $29.99 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Whether...
When Disraeli led Britain
Disraeli: The Novel Politician, by David Cesarani, Yale, 304 pages, $25 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If ever a Jew was...
Palestine’s master builders
Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architects of a New City, by Adina Hoffman, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 352 pages, $28...
Jewish Book Series to feature musician Steve Katz
Guitarist Steve Katz, a founding member of The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears, will offer an exclusive performance...
Nuances of Israeli life
The Best Place on Earth: Stories, by Ayelet Tsabari, Random House, 272 pages, $26 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It’s easy...
‘Judaism does not demand belief’
Why Be Jewish? A Testament, by Edgar M. Bronfman, Twelve, 237 pages, $26 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER For people perplexed...
In a land of immigrants
AJW Staff Report In the introduction to From Selfie to Groupie, by Jeff Bliumis and Alina Bliumis, who are also...
A colorful Jewish hero
Max Baer and the Star of David, by Jay Neugeboren, Mandel Vilar Press paperback, 206 pages, $19.95 Reviewed by NEAL...
