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Book Review: The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
Mailer's attempt to explore evil through a fictional recounting of Hitler's youth is better straight historical fiction than philosophical exercise.
Read More »Reading About The Us In Them
Books make it obvious that the world cannot be easily divided up into us and them.
Read More »Book Review: The Dawning Of The Day: A Jerusalem Tale by Haim Sabato
This is a beautiful book about faith and belief.
Read More »Book Review: The Wind Of The Khazars by Marek Halter
For something that had the potential to be so stunning, the parts don't seem to be equal to the idea.
Read More »Where Have The Lions Of Literature Gone?
The contemporary North American novel seems destined to continue to obtain the heights of mediocrity at best.
Read More »Myths: Our Stories, Our Hope
I can't think of a time when listening to the old stories is as needed.
Read More »Book Review: The Genizah At The House Of Shepher by Tamar Yellin
...even the smallest choice can make a huge difference in the way our world turns out.
Read More »Book Review: Our Holocaust by Amir Gutfreund
...people born well after the war are in some ways survivors of the Holocaust as much as those who lived through the camps.
Read More »Book Review: Genius Instruction Manual by the Writers of mental_floss
The splendiferous mental_floss magazine does books, too.
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