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?
Their Crowd
What influence did Jacob Schiff and other wealthy Jews wield over the invention of American Jewry?
An Unusable Past?
What did Jewish women know about Torah, and when did they know it?
Swimming through History
The first time Alfred Nakache died, it was in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The second time, it was in the water, where he was most at home.