As They Are
A unique view into the inner lives of Hasidic women.
Romancing the Exile
Shaul Magid’s counter-Zionism is not so much a political program as it is a utopian posture.
Portrait of an Artist “Like Buttah”
If anything ties Barbra Streisand's new memoir together, it's the author's intense need for control.
An Inch Deep and a Mile Wide, or Vice Versa
Is Larry David good for the Jews?
Kamp Vught: David Koker’s Netherlands
In a concentration camp tucked quietly away in a forest near Amsterdam, David Koker kept a rare diary of life during Nazi internment.
Middlebrow’s Moment
In the 1950s, Americans were introduced to Judaism. But what kind of Judaism, exactly?
A Tour Guide for the Perplexed
Is Noah Feldman's new book a modern Guide for the Perplexed or simply a perplexing tour?
Jews in Blue
Did Civil War Jews hurl themselves into battle on Yom Kippur, host raucous Seders in camp, and decorate themselves with imaginary honors? Adam D. Mendelsohn walks through the strange history of the Civil War's Jewish soldiers.
A Savannah Poet
The Civil War cut short many lives, and in a book that blends the genres of history and memoir, Jason K. Friedman sets out the resurrect the memory of one of those lives.
Diminished Light?
Can a new book on tzimtzum expand our knowledge of that esoteric concept?