Set against war-torn Italy, One Good Thing, has the promise of a great novel. The deeply researched, potentially thrilling plot -- about a young Jewish woman who must relinquish her toddler to her best friend-- unfortunately didn’t float my boat. I was initially intrigued by author…
An all-night read ( ‘cuz you won’t be able to put it down) author Zeeva Bukai hits it out of the park with her debut novel, The Anatomy of Exile, a deeply moving saga that speaks to the meaning of home and identity.
If you are looking for the great American novel perhaps, try another book. But if you want a giggle blended with honesty and a little chutzpah, consult The Council of Wise Women. It’s a hoot.
In preparation for her bat mitzvah acclaimed Talmudic scholar, author Gila Fine read The Book of Legends, “a collection of stories from the Talmud.” The theme on women made her cry, saddened the founding fathers of her beloved religion “could have such a low opinion of me and my…
“He’s what Michael Jordan is to sports, Shakespeare to literature or Einstein to science”. These words from Solomon Schmidt, author of the only biography “of arguably the most iconic lawyer in American history” Alan Dershowitz. Schmidt spares no ink portraying Dershowitz “a…
