Books & Literature
Dying once is enough
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER How Simon Stranger’s last name is pronounced in Norwegian, I don’t know, but pronounced in English,...
Looking for answers among the remains
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Persistent and resourceful Esther Safran Foer would have made a fine detective. I Want You to...
When the past is a riddle
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Hans Neumann, a young Czech sought by the Gestapo for failing to report for deportation, chose...
Interpreting the U.S.-Nazi connection
Reviewed by Neal Gendler Suspend disbelief and you can enjoy the Shoah-related tension that builds in A.J. Sidransky's novel, The...
Recipes from the Shoah
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Combining a desire for preservation with improvisation, and at great risk, Ilona Kellner created what may...
‘Track Changes’ — A story upends lives
Reviewed by Neal Gendler Sayed Kashua’s narrator is an Israeli Arab who feels he doesn’t belong anywhere, even home with...
Appelfeld’s ode to Jewish resistance
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you wonder how Israelis can differ so greatly, argue so loudly and yet unite against...
Talmud Torah’s challenging future
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER One era’s innovative, effective, nationally praised project can lose appeal in another, as shown by the...
A storied palace in Prague
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER World War I ended the power of European monarchs, but a final palace would yet arise...
Etgar Keret embraces the weird
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER If you’re fond of short, strange, sad stories, you’ll love Etgar Keret’s new book. The title...
