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Book Review: A Place of Exodus by David Biespiel
Posted on August 12, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: David Biespiel In A Place of Exodus, author David Biespiel shares the story of his experience growing up in a tightly knit Jewish community outside of Houston, Texas. But an argument with his rabbi causes him to move away from his idyllic childhood community. The book explores Biespiel’s journey as a self-proclaimed “retired” Jew […]
Book Review: Red Winter by Kyra Kaptzan Robinov
Posted on August 5, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Kyra Kaptzan Robinov Nikolaevsk-on-Amur was a peaceful, frozen hamlet in Eastern Siberia, isolated from the rest of Russia and its political unrest. Until the winter of 1920, when Bolsheviks found their way into the town, arresting opposition party members, business owners, foreigners, and Jews. This idyllic village was suddenly turned into a war zone. […]
Book Review: Uri Full of Light by Holly Sortland
Posted on July 22, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Holly Sortland Uri Geller is a high school junior, trying to adapt to life in South Dakota when his father chose to take a job in the local hospital, transferring his family from their Modern Orthodox community in Pennsylvania. It’s a challenging transition for him but all of that changed when he met Hannah […]
Book Review: A Tale of Two Shtetls by Elissa Allerhand
Posted on July 15, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Elissa Allerhand Meir is a child protege, growing up in a Ukrainian shtetl who will one day succeed his uncle as the Rebbe. A great scholar from a young age, he is also gifted with empathy and a natural leadership. As evidence when he convinces his ailing father to take in an elegantly dressed […]
Book Review: Shavlan by Eunice Blecker
Posted on July 8, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Eunice Blecker Based on true stories past down to the author by her maternal grandmother, Shavlan tells the story of Sarah Taube against the backdrop of life in early 20th century Russia. The story follows Sarah Taube’s life of love, loss, faith, and hope. Sarah Taube’s story is an important depiction of life for […]
Book Review: Judenrein: A Jewish Dystopian Thriller by Harold Benjamin
Posted on July 1, 2020 1 Comment
By: Harold Benjamin A white supremacist movement has taken over America. Jews have been rounded up, striped of their property and placed in ghettos. Zack Gurevitz is a former Green Beret with a difficult past who has turned his back on the faith that turned its back on him. Until his help is needed to […]
Book Review: The Lucky One by Sherry V. Ostroff
Posted on June 24, 2020 Leave a Comment
By: Sherry V. Ostroff In order to do this story justice, I’m going to use the summary from the back cover to avoid any errors in the details: Ita was born in the wrong place at the wrong time. The place was the former Pale of Settlement which was a large swath of land in […]
