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[Book Review] My Jew-ish Story: NYU-Hunter Edition
Posted on May 26, 2021 Leave a Comment
By NYU-Hunter Students; Penina Shtauber (Editor), Uriel Dison (Editor), Mitchell LaDue (Editor) The Jewish experience is unique to every individual but it also unites us as one tribe. In this anthology, My Jew-ish Story, a group of NYU and Hunter College students share insight into their Jewish experience as they live their own Jewish life. What a perfect way to […]
[Book Review] The Rain Drinkers: A Novel by G. Finan
Posted on May 26, 2021 Leave a Comment
By G. Finan When Jamie Gibson’s mother passes away unexpectedly, he finds himself traveling to meet an uncle he was unaware he had. Jamie’s uncle makes his living as a gunner, providing waterfowl to New York’s high-end restaurants. He’s also married to a much younger woman. Jamie soon discovered his uncle’s dark side. The story […]
An Interview with Author Nathan Timmel
Posted on May 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
Not as serious as Plato, but lighter than Socrates. Not as edgy as Clinton, but livelier than Nixon. Not as heavy as GWAR, but deeper than Culture Club. Nathan has been writing since he could hold a crayon. He has written 3 works of nonfiction; We Are 100 is his first work of fiction. He lives […]
An Interview with Ruth Rotkowitz, Author of The Whale Surfaces
Posted on May 25, 2021 Leave a Comment
Ruth Rotkowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949 to Jewish Holocaust survivors who fled Vienna, Austria when Hitler came to power. This legacy has informed her research and her writing.Ruth earned a B.A. and M.A. in English and has taught on both the college and high school levels, in New York and New […]
An Interview with Author Sean Valiente
Posted on May 11, 2021 Leave a Comment
Raised in Maine, Sean Valiente grew up loving all things geek. He now spends his days as a financial professional for a tech company, and his nights dreaming up fantasy worlds. Q: Can you sum up The Lightning Knight in 20 words or less? A magical adventure with a fun twist on the classic hero’s […]
[Book Review] Geckos & Guns: The Pakistan Years (Living as an Expat Series, book 2) by Sharon Bazant
Posted on May 5, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Sharon Bazant This is the second installment in Bazant’s travel memoirs. This is a prequel to her first book, Nine Years in Bangkok: Lessons Learned. In 1991, Bazant, along with her husband and two teenagers, took a “hardship” posting to Islamabad. The book chronicles her family’s five years in Pakistan, adjusting to a new […]
[Book Review] All The Horrors of War by Bernice Lerner
Posted on April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Bernice Lerner On April 15, 1945, British doctor, Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes arrived at Bergen-Belsen. While familiar with the horrors of war, nothing could prepare Brigadier Hughes for what he would see there. Among the sixty thousand living inmates, in the camp, was Rachel Genuth, a fifteen-year-old Jewess who arrived at the camp, […]
Books I’m Excited to Read in May
Posted on April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Read Along With Me Today, I’m excited to share with you the books I’m looking forward to reading in March. These are the titles that will be appearing in my weekly book review posts throughout the month. What books are on your list this month? I hope you’ll add your suggestions in the comments. Submit […]
[Book Review] Among the Reeds: The true Story of how a Family survived the Holocaust by Tammy Bottner
Posted on April 21, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Tammy Bottner Tammy Bottner writes a biography from her grandmother, Melly Bottner’s point of view. As an eighteen-year-old newlywed and new mother, Melly finds the dangers she escaped from in Germany suddenly on her doorstep in Belgium. Bottner tells the story of the unimaginable choices her grandparents were forced to make in order to […]
An Interview with Author Miriam Drori
Posted on April 20, 2021 Leave a Comment
Born and raised in London, Miriam Drori has spent most of her life in Jerusalem, where she married and raised three children. She has worked in computer programming and technical writing, and now spends her time writing fiction, reading, hiking, dancing and touring. No bio of Miriam is complete without mention of her passion to […]
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