June 22, 2010
QBVII by Leon Uris
About a trial of a libelous author who writes about Nazis, autobiographical. Uris is a class-act story teller making big books go by quickly.
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Category: Jewish History
June 22, 2010
Prisoners by Jeffrey Goldberg *** (of 4)
Goldberg describes himself as a Zionist, former peace-nik, with an insatiable wish to meet people who want to kill him because he is Jewish. As...
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The Plot Against America by Philip Roth *** (of 4)
No writer captures anxiety, apprehension, fear, and hopelessness better than Roth. I cannot think of a happy or fulfilled character in a single one of...
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks **** (of 4)
An extensively researched fictional account of the survival of the Sarajevo Haggadah, the luminescently illustrated (that alone is unusual for a Jewish book) account of...
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Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky *** (of 4)
As a Hampshire College student in the late 70s, Lansky decides to learn Yiddish. At that time Yiddish, having barely survived the murderous rampage of...
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Old Men at Midnight by Chaim Potok *** (of 4)
Enigmatic. I went back and forth between thinking the three short stories were too simple, too typical, not completely unique recountings of Jewish suffering in...
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O Jerusalem by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre **** (of 4)
Very engaging history of Israel war for independence. I read it in 2001 before I was keeping this book blog.
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Nuremberg: The Reckoning, by William F. Buckley ** (of 4)
It was surprisingly bad. I learned a fair amount about the Nuremberg trials after WWII, but was shocked by how trivial the plot was and...
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Mila 18 by Leon Uris **** (of 4)
One of my absolute favorite books about the Warsaw ghetto uprising. A real page turner with wonderful characterizations.
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Martyr’s Crossing, by Amy Wilentz ** (of 4)
Not great writing, but very informative about the checkpoints in Middle East before the Second Intifada made them even worse.
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