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A super tale
‘Marvel Comics: The Untold Story’ outlines the heavyweight publisher’s highs and lows.
By SAM THIELMAN
The original parental dispute?
Although three religions trace their roots to Abraham, the patriarch has not bridged and cannot bridge communal boundaries.
By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
Of characters and characteristics
Joshua Henkin has written a book filled with Jewish characters, but he is reluctant to let his religion define him as a novelist.
By BETH KISSILEFF
Home away from home
Knowing where to shop is one secret to furnishing your house.
By GLORIA DEUTSCH
Another Cohen bio? Hallelujah!
In a refreshing change for a modern biography, this one begins at the beginning.
By MICHAEL E. YOUNGIN A REFRESHING CHANGE FOR A MO
Mystery in the desert
The excavations at Kuntillet Ajrud provided the largest assemblage of textile finds from the Iron II period discovered to date.
By ALEXANDER ZVIELLI
SEALing the deal
An inside view of the raid that killed master terrorist Osama bin Laden.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Books: A product of the system?
A defense of Bashar Assad paints him as a victim of a corrupt and repressive environment.
By GLENN C, ALTSCHULER
Books: Welcome to the Promised Land
Eyal Chowers struggles with the ideology behind the creation of the Jewish state.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Books: From Brick Lane to Bevis Marks
‘Jewish London’ is a delight for nostalgia buffs as well as an education for visitors of all ages.
By YEHUDIT COLLINS
The Reich stuff
The inspiring story of Sir Erich Reich, who was rescued from the Holocaust at the age of four and served in the IDF.
By STEVE LINDE
Israel and the defense of nationalism
The country’s existence, Daniel Gordis argues, is in and of itself a rebuttal of today’s dominant universalist ideology.
By SAM SOKOL
A lineage of literacy
To explain the Jewish relationship with texts, Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger, both staunch secularists, nonetheless look to the scriptures.
By AKIN AJAYI
Googly-eyed fish, succa-eating squirrels
A new crop of engaging Jewish children’s books that relate to the High Holy Days.
By PENNY SCHWARTZ / JTA
The presidents’ rabbinical correspondent
Rabbi Edward M. Browne was a would-be military chaplain and Zionist leader.
By DAVID GEFFEN
Making aliya, by the numbers
Baruch Lubinsky helps new immigrants avoid debt, negotiate the banking system and plan for the future.
By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Nostalgia avenue
Is ‘Telegraph Avenue’ Michael Chabon’s search for his hippie dream?
By ELAINE MARGOLIN
Misguided optimism
The Islamification of Middle Eastern governments was helped along by the White House and the State Department, writes Ruthie Blum.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
‘There is nothing sane to report’
Andrew Nagorski explores in "Hitlerland" how the period between WWI and WWII affected Germany-based American journalists and those in the United States embassy assigned to Berlin.
By MORTON I. TEICHER
Books: His own history
Bernard Lewis talks about the polarization of Middle East Studies departments, political correctness and Islamism, and the importance of understanding primary sources.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Books: Productive or pejorative?
The term ‘Jewish self-hatred’ was originally intended to have positive connotations.
By GLENN C, ALTSCHULER
Bible stories
A victim of fire, theft, war and intrigue, the remaining leaves of the Aleppo Codex now rest peacefully in Jerusalem.
By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Drawing on experience?
Two new graphic volumes depict life in Israel - but one provides a sketchy picture.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
An apology for Hamas
With the deadly group, governance and terrorism are not mutually exclusive.
By JONATHAN SCHANZER
Books: Reflecting on ‘Phantom Tollbooth’ jubilee
Norton Juster looks back on the 50 years since he wrote his iconic volume.
By MATT ROBINSON / JNS.ORG
Categorically ambiguous
Jesse Kellerman doesn't want his fiction to be defined as any particular genre.
By AKIN AJAYI
Misplaced loyalty?
Despite long-held stereotypes, Herbert Hoover did more for the Jews than FDR, argues Rafael Medoff.
By ATARA BECK
War and peace, Israeli style
A welcome account of two decades of Israel’s involvement in negotiations.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
The lawyer, the social worker, the identity crisis
Divergent plotlines converge to reveal some uncomfortable truths about the two Israeli Arab protagonists in Sayed Kashua’s satirical novel.
By AKIN AJAYI
His way
THE AUTHORS use Nelson Mandela as an example of a leader who resolved a conflict using synergy.
By RON KRONISH
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