by Mike Porter
A soul wrenching review of a woman’s immensely personal
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account of her fight with cancer. Mike Porter says it is a powerful, emotional book, and worth reading.
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by Rolly King Kohansky
A stunning disclosure of how facts become distorted
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– that is facts about Israel. Barry Shaw describes many issues where the Palestinians have twisted information for their own convenience. Historical truth, Israeli know-how and inventions, Israel’s right to exist and Hamas, are some of the diverse situations mentioned in this illuminating book.
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by Shelly Goldman
This is the second volume of short stories edited by
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(the first was Tel Aviv Short Stories) written in English about the Israel experience. The book covers a broad range of subjects with the writers providing a kaleidoscope of Israel society as seen through the prism of English speakers.
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by Mike Porter
The writer has undertaken to shed light on the era
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of the 1990’s when Israel was being tormented by a rash of suicide bombers. She focuses on one particular such event and how its characters cope with the trauma. Despite the horror, Israelis persist in living normal lives and dare to dream of a better tomorrow.
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by Vera Freudmann
Gabi Tollman was born with severe and multiple abnormalities,
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unlikely to survive the first night. His parents were advised to let him be institutionalized. This is the story of how his parents, Tamara and Geoff, fought with courage and love to help Gabi master his handicaps and lead a “normal” life, and how Gabi did so with determination, perseverance and an amazing ability to make the most of what he could do and wanted to.
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by Carl Hoffman
In his review, Carl Hoffman writes that from the title
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one can infer that the book is intended to be funny sketches and that it will appeal more to people who know Israel rather than be a guide for beginners. The book is witty and the writing superb. It should be read recommends Hoffman by anyone who wonders sometimes why he came to live in Israel and why he is still here.
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by Barbara Abraham
Barbara Abraham reviews Bracha. Weingrod's translation
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of Dos Familien Kokh-Bookh by H. Braun. She recommends the book to readers as a record of culinary history. In addition, she says that many of the snippets of good advice still hold strong and the contents are indeed a “taste of history.”
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by Bracha Weingrod
Bracha Weingrod asks for help solving the mystery of
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who H. Baun is. All she knows is that the name appears on the 1914 edition of "Dos Familien Kokh Bookh", or The Yiddish Family Cookbook. Bracha describes how she was given the book as a gift, and how she proceeded to translate it and subsequently self-publish it. Although it was a huge endeavor, Bracha says it was a labor of love, and well worth the effort.
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by Judy Shapiro
Judy Shapiro discovered the children's book "How Much
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is a Million?" by David Schwartz in the ESRA second-hand shop. Although the book is written in a jovial tone and is meant to entertain children and teach them the meaning of great quatities, Judy could not help thinking of the terible connotations the phrase has for the Jewish people who will always remember the million children murdered during the holocaust.
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by Sybil Levin
A short poem by Sybil Levin begins and ends with the
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words, “I’m a quiet sort of person with somewhat modest needs.”
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by Mike Porter
Mike Porter found this a moving and interesting book,
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which is more than just an excellent source of reference. The cover, he says, is misleading, and does not prepare one for the wealth of information it contains, and the varied choice of heroes it describes. Mike felt there is a closeness and personal feel to the stories, and recommends it warmly to all readers.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina Moed Kass reviews 2 books of historical interest,
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both of which she says were solidly researched, compiled, and edited. The first is In the Shadow of the Red Banner, by Yitzhak Arad which Pnina says is a fascinating historical record of the part Soviet Jewry played in the war against Nazi Germany. The second book is called Peace in the Making (The Menachem Begin-Anwar El-Sadat Personal Correspondence). Pnina compliments the editors on a breathtaking collection of letters, transcripts of speeches, press conferences, interviews, photos and official documents.
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by Woolf Abrahams
Woolf Abrahams presents a synopsis of this fascinating
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book where Professor Andrew Parker suggests that ancient Hebrew writers of the book of Genesis somehow may have known all about evolution 3,000 years before Darwin. The bottom line, says Woolf, is that somehow Prof. Parker sees and feels the hand of a Divinity in creation. He believes in a God. Woolf points out that this is unusual for a scientist who also believes in evolution that occurred over hundreds of millions of years.
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by Carol Novis
Carol Novis finds this book absolutely fascinating
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and compulsively readable. She describes it as Fletcher's personal hike of discovery along the coastline from the Lebanon border to Gaza. Carol says it is not so much observation of Israel from the outside as much as a jumping-off point for exploring some of the big issues of the region.
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