Memoir preserves the memory of Lithuanian Jews
Novelist Curt Leviant looks at The Odyssey of an Apple Thief by Moishe Rozenbaumas.
Old shoebox reveals hidden past in House of Glass
Mordechai Ben-Dat reviews Hadley Freeman’s book, House of Glass.
Fighting the three-headed dragon of anti-Semitism
Mordechai Ben-Dat reviews Bari Weiss’ new book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism.
Kertes returns to Hungary’s dark period in latest novel
Ron Csillag chats with author Joseph Kertes about his latest book, Last Impressions.
Lovely poems that get in your way
Norman Ravvin reviews Adam Zagajewski’s recent book of poetry, Asymmetry: Poems.
Author recalls an operatic father-son struggle in new memoir
Michael Fraiman speaks with author David Tucker, author of The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend).
Q & A with Rabbi Mark Glickman: Rediscovering the Cairo Genizah
Myron Love speaks with Rabbi and author Mark Glickman ahead of his talk at Limmud in Winnipeg.
Family and friends recall ‘creative and innovative’ Gilletz
Barbara Silverstein reports back from the funeral of Canadian Jewish icon, Norene Gilletz, “the Canadian queen of kosher cuisine”.
Liberating looted Jewish texts
Martin Lockshin reviews The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis; The True Story of the Paper Brigade of Vilna, by Prof. David E. Fishman.
Novel is a deep dive into life in occupied France
Mordechai Ben-Dat reviews Alan Furst’s latest novel, Under Occupation.
