Levine: ‘The life of each one of us hung on a hair’
Allan Levine chronicles the story of Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz.
Crowd-sourcing the future of Judaism
Martin Lockshin reviews Tal Keinan’s God is in the Crowd: Twenty-First Century Judaism.
Author searches for connection in his short story collection debut
Mira Sucharov reviews Aaron Kreuter’s debut collection of short stories, You and Me, Belonging.
From the Soviet gulags to sanctuary in Tehran
Mordechai Ben-Dat reviews Kim Dana Kupperman’s Six Thousand Miles to Home.
Inside the Budapest Judenrat
Already hailed as “riveting”, How It Happened: Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry is the first translation of Erno Munkácsi’s book. Edited by Nina Munk, it’s a deft rendition, illustrated with archival photographs that convey the doom that befell Hungarian Jewry.
Widow of terrorist victim discusses her ordeal
Risa Rotman returned to her home town of Toronto recently, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of her husband’s death.
Jonathan Tobin: examining trends in the Jewish world
Veteran journalist Jonathan Tobin sits down with The CJN‘s Paul Lungen to talk about why Diaspora Jews have turned away from Israel and what can be done about it.
Some great reads for your holiday gift list
Having trouble getting your adult friend or family member something for Hanukkah? Does he or she like to read? Here are a few literary ideas.
Six Chords in the park behind Leonard Cohen’s mother’s house
Norman Ravvin reviews Leonard Cohen’s posthumously published The Flame: Poems and Selections from Notebooks, edited by Robert Faggen and Alexandra Pleshoyano.
Recipes from Ottolenghi’s book, Simple
Two delicious recipes from Ottolenghi’s new cookbook, Simple.
