A former Jewish punk rocker wrote an acclaimed novel about Holocaust memory
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — At first glance, Bram Presser looks more like a punk rocker than a sensitive novelist. He has two big lip…
Literature
Book Review: Child of the Holocaust – A Jewish Child in Christian Disguise
Reviewed by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Child of the Holocaust: A Jewish Child in Christian Disguise (ISBN: 978-0-7352-3670-7) is a remarkable true story of a…
5 takeaways from Chris Christie’s epic takedown of Jared Kushner
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The broad contours of the enmity between Chris Christie, New Jersey’s former Republican governor, and Jared Kushner, President Donald…
Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Amos Oz would often speak in the kind of tossed-off epigrams that come only with a lot of practice. But…
13 Books to Gift Yourself or Someone Else This Hanukkah
By Emily Burack (Kveller via JTA) — A book is the best present — even if it is a present to yourself. That’s why they…