![Rov in a Time of Cholera](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Amulet-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
Rov in a Time of Cholera
From limiting minyan sizes to magical amulets, a look at how one rabbi faced waves of cholera epidemics over his long 19th-century career.
![When Everything Matters](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bellow-slider1-1024x576-c-default.gif)
When Everything Matters
Bellow on Roth on TV.
![The Best Revenge: A (Qualified) Case for Hunters](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hunter-slider-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
The Best Revenge: A (Qualified) Case for Hunters
“I need an army,” the American Nazi says, “hundreds of ignorant white men looking for someone to blame.”
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Suspecting Esther
For Seymour Epstein, the Megillah depicts the cycle of passivity and overreaction that is endemic to the diaspora.
![Haman, Builder of Towers, Brother of Abraham?](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tomb-of-Esther-and-Mordechai-Hamedan-05-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
Haman, Builder of Towers, Brother of Abraham?
A new book raises the possibility that interpretive motifs from within both Jewish and Islamic traditions might have led to the uniquely Islamic tradition that Abraham and Haman were brothers.
![Empty Torah Cases and “Little Purims”](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Leeds-slider-1-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
Empty Torah Cases and “Little Purims”
There are more than a hundred known examples of Little Purims commemorating miraculous deliverances of Jewish communities in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
![Conversion, “Catholic Israel,” and the Jewish Future: An Exchange](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kienan3-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
Conversion, “Catholic Israel,” and the Jewish Future: An Exchange
Tal Keinan argued for a radical transformation of Jewish life in God Is in the Crowd. Our editor wasn't convinced, which led to a pointed but cordial discussion.
![The Inheritance of Jacob: A Rejoinder](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SolomonSchechterSlider-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
The Inheritance of Jacob: A Rejoinder
Abraham Socher closes out his exchange with Tal Keinan, author of God Is in the Crowd with a rejoinder.
Crowds and Converts: A Response to Abraham Socher
Tal Keinan has written an interesting response to Abe Socher’s review of his book, which takes the conversation in a new direction.
![Stemming the Yuletide](https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Hannukah800x681-1024x576-c-default.jpg)
Stemming the Yuletide
As the Yuletide rolls in, one finds oneself yearning for some Hanukkah pop with a little more depth than Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah song.