Plath is simply not in Larkin’s league of bigots. ...
In many ways Theodore Roosevelt was limited by the ideas of his times. ...
The more things change, the more Jews remain the same; while the more Jews change, the more things remain the same. ...
Sip it slowly, and live or relive this golden age—an era giddy with hope, a time of light. ...
I came away feeling that this book ought to be read by all kinds of Jews. ...
Levy Hideo, born Ian Hideo Levy, left the United States and gave birth to a genre in Japan known as “border-crossing” literature. ...
Is it possible to be evenhanded in discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Israeli-Hamas war? ...
“Red Scare” doesn’t describe a country devoted to free speech and willing to fight for the right of others to express dissenting opinions. ...
“It is clearly not a flawless book, but it is definitely a good read.” ...
The novel brings overdue attention to the fate of the Yiddish language in the Holocaust, seeing it as a victim in its own right. ...
Julius’s story tells us what Jews have made of Abraham. ...
Families, cities and planets are “atomized,” seemingly beyond redemption, in this hellscape of a novel. ...