Books & Literature
Poet Jane Yolen reflects on humanity’s nadir
Reviewed by SHEILA WILENSKY Jane Yolen is a creative and prolific author of more than 400 books. As a former...
Mass murder at the shul in Squirrel Hill
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER When asked to review Mark Oppenheimer’s book about the killings at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue,...
Millie returns to Germany after the war
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER People in Ellen Feldman’s new novel, The Living and the Lost, are full of secrets. We...
A miscarriage of justice
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The arrest and conviction of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as Soviet spies was an enormous shanda...
A Latin American Jewish family saga
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Ellis Island tends to dominate thinking about Jews’ immigration to America. But there’s another America. Who...
Uncounted women of the Jewish resistance in Poland
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Almost all Jews know of Anne Frank, and many know of Hannah Senesh, who bravely parachuted...
Understanding the planet of the Americans
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’ve ever wondered what America would feel like to someone from another planet, A Beginner’s...
Seeking safety on trains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Otto Silbermann’s unusual flight from Nazi pursuit ends in a way too unexpected to reveal. Otto...
What’s the right basis of living?
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Moshe Koppel makes a provocative argument for the societal value of religion and religious communities, even...
Multigenerational tale of love and despair
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Lauren Fox's sad, engaging Send for Me deftly reverses familiar Shoah stories. Fox writes from the...
