Books & Literature
France’s scandal of the century
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was so outrageous that it polarized France and led, indirectly, to...
A great, unknown Jewish writer of the Soviet era
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Vasily Grossman’s writing sneaks up on you, its simplicity building to powerful impressions as he records...
How the rats escaped
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER A sad, shameful, too-little discussed fact about the Shoah is that most of the perpetrators got...
A hero for the Jews
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Hank Greenberg became one of baseball’s legendary hitters, but his near-instant fame came from something he...
‘If I forget you, O Jerusalem’
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER James Carroll’s new book is about two Jerusalems — one of streets and walls, one of...
Stairway to heaven
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Heaven is a brightly written look at how Jews, Christians and Muslims think about heaven —...
Out of Egypt
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole state two purposes for writing Sacred Trash, which may account for...
An unlikely, and quietly sensitive, German soldier
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It’s difficult or impossible to summon sympathy for a soldier in Hitler’s army — even one...
Judgment in Jerusalem
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem 50 years ago next month “transformed Jewish life and...
The big bang
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Ron Rosenbaum foresees world toleration of “incessant incitement to genocide” leading Israel to use nuclear weapons...
