Novel "Comedy in a Minor Key" a Gripping Wartime Story
“Comedy in a Minor Key” a dark comedy of wartime manners that is impossible not to enjoy despite the serious subject.
Meir Shalev Doesn’t Disappoint With His Latest Book, “My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner”
I was captivated by this quirky family memoir by Meir Shalev, the acclaimed Israeli author.
DiaTribe Book Review: “The Book of Life” by Stuart Nadler a Huge Disappointment
“The Book of Life” by new author Stuart Nadler: unpleasant, predictable, and not really that Jewish.
Noshin' Review: Encyclopedia of Jewish Food
Ever wanted a basic recipe for za’atar, or to know the history of kugel? “Encyclopedia of Jewish Food” might be just the book you’re looking for.
Noshin' Review: "Kosher Nation" by Sue Fishkoff
Kosher food is growing at twice the rate of non-Kosher food; what gives?
diaTribe: Homesick for a Plot Spark
In the stream-of-consciousness novel by Israeli Eshkol Nevo, “Homesick,” its characters’ lives seems to roll downhill, as does the novel’s grip on its reader.
Recalling "When the Danube Ran Red" in Hungary’s Holocaust
When the Danube Ran Red oozes red onto its book cover. But that’s nothing compared with the blood bled, and shed, between the covers of this Holocaust memoir.
diaTribe: the Warnings and Blessings of Abby Sher's "Amen, Amen, Amen"
See hell and back through another’s eyes. It’s a reminder about how we should be living, breathing, eating and enduring.
diaTribe Reviews: The Tale of the Dueling Jewish Books!
There is no universal way to be a Jew. It is what you and yours make of it.
diaTribe Review: The Frozen Rabbi Surprisingly…Really. Good.
I didn’t want to like Steve Stern’s new novel The Frozen Rabbi. And then I found myself laughing. Out loud. In a plane full of people at cruising altitude above the Atlantic.
