Book Reviews
Children’s Books
Elie Wiesel’s
Night
and Jerzy Kosinski’s
The Painted Bird
established the child’s perspective as a useful lens for confronting the Holocaust
By
Adam Kirsch
· October 24, 2011
Book Reviews
Jerusalem Stone
Robert Stone’s 1998 novel
Damascus Gate
sets spies, cultists, and terrorists loose in the Holy Land
By
Adam Kirsch
· August 16, 2011
The Scroll
Aleksandar Hemon wins PEN fiction award
Bosnian writer subject of a 2008 Nextbook podcast
By
Stephanie Butnick
· August 10, 2011
The Scroll
Re-remembering Yerushalmi
Reflections on a former professor and his posthumous fiction debut
By
Miriam Krule
· August 9, 2011
Family
Walter and Edith
Some people love taking cruises. The retired couple in this short story, by Miami fiction writer Jeremy Glazer, enjoys watching them go by.
By
Vox Tablet
· May 9, 2011
The Scroll
Judy Blume: Still Awesome
And still totally getting you
By
Stephanie Butnick
· March 31, 2011
Book Reviews
End of the World
Novelists Gary Shteyngart and Joshua Cohen discuss their dark visions of the future
By
Vox Tablet
· July 27, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 5
In our final installment, Bernie tastes both disillusionment and the sublime
By
Steve Stern
· May 7, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 4
Peering from behind a curtain, Bernie sees the rabbi in action
By
Steve Stern
· May 6, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 3
Upon entering the rabbi’s enlightenment center, Bernie is taken aback
By
Steve Stern
· May 5, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 2
Unable to fully master his newfound skills, Bernie visits Rabbi Eliezer at his workplace
By
Steve Stern
· May 4, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 10, Part 1
Abandoned by his mentor, Bernie falls back on old habits
By
Steve Stern
· May 3, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 5
Overcoming his native skepticism, Mr. Karp accepts the rabbi’s offer
By
Steve Stern
· April 30, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 4
After sensing a business opportunity, the rabbi asks Mr. Karp to be his backer
By
Steve Stern
· April 29, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 3
In his three-day walkabout, the rabbi gets a taste of American excess
By
Steve Stern
· April 28, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 2
When a thief offers Pisgat some contraband beluga, Max senses an opportunity
By
Steve Stern
· April 27, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 9, Part 1
Sensing an opportunity, Pisgat is slow to release the rabbi
By
Steve Stern
· April 26, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 5
The new Jocheved goes to retrieve the family’s well-chilled heirloom
By
Steve Stern
· April 23, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 4
The handmaiden gives Jocheved a (pretty radical) makeover
By
Steve Stern
· April 22, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 3
Finally on the mend, Jocheved makes her first outing—to her mother’s funeral
By
Steve Stern
· April 21, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 2
When you go, Basha Puah says, be sure to take the rabbi with you
By
Steve Stern
· April 20, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 8, Part 1
On her deathbed, Basha Puah instructs her daughter to head to the Golden Land
By
Steve Stern
· April 19, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 5
Before expiring, Salo performs a final act of heroism
By
Steve Stern
· April 16, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 4
As she recovers, Jocheved endures terrible dreams
By
Steve Stern
· April 15, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 3
Dressed in one of Mr. Karp’s jackets, the rabbi makes his entrance
By
Steve Stern
· April 14, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 2
As he ponders the letters of the Tetragrammaton, Bernie’s brain begins to tingle
By
Steve Stern
· April 13, 2010
Book Reviews
Animal Planet
Yann Martel’s new novel features a donkey, a monkey, taxidermy, and a Holocaust allegory
By
Vox Tablet
· April 12, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 7, Part 1
Over the TV’s din, Eliezer describes the kabbalah’s Tree of Life
By
Steve Stern
· April 12, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 6, Part 3
With great reluctance, the rabbi turns away from the TV and toward his eager protégé
By
Steve Stern
· April 9, 2010
Frozen Rabbi
The Frozen Rabbi: Week 6, Part 2
Bernie’s bookishness makes the Temple librarian suspicious
By
Steve Stern
· April 8, 2010
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