Jewish History
Judaism and the Environment: The Time Is Now
It is a tree of life to those who hold it close and all of its supporters are happy. Its ...
Returning Home?
The Exodus from Egypt is considered to be the foundational/orienting event for our sacred history. Many commandments are attached to ...
Watch Obama Speak at the URJ Conference
President Obama is speaking today at the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial. You can watch live online here, or watch ...
Jewish storytelling: not just at the kitchen table, but about the kitchen table
I was recently sharing my excitement about Bill Bryson’s latest book, At Home , during a Friday night sermon. The ...
Historical Figure Fixation
I might be obsessed with historical figures. Maybe it’s a Jewish thing. But my two most recent books were Osama ...
Why I Wrote “The Inquisitor’s Apprentice”
When I try to explain why I wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice — and why it’s emphatically not a Jewish Narnia ...
A Grandmother’s Secrets
Anna Solomon’s debut novel, The Little Bride, is now available. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book ...
Write, Pray, Swim, Bike, Run
Earlier this week, Karol Neilsen wrote about the inefficiency of writing and how not to quit. Her new memoir, Black Elephants, was ...
Pharaoh Was A Nazi
You know how Godwin’s law says that every internet argument eventually breaks down into someone calling someone else Hitler or ...
Marcel Marceau and the University of the Ghetto
Gloria Spielman‘s most recent book, Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, is now available. She will be blogging here all week ...
Werner Sombart: Portrait of an Anti-Semite
Earlier this week, Ned Beauman wrote about Oscar Panizza and Henry Ford. His debut novel, Boxer, Beetle (Bloomsbury), is now ...