Sylvia Ruth Gutmann, who at age 3 lost her parents to the Holocaust and survived the war as a hidden child, has chosen to spin her losses into a life-affirming message of hope to current and future generations. The resident of Framingham, Massachusetts, travels widely to tell her extraordinary story of how her family fled…
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How black U.S. basketball players became Israel’s biggest fans
They aren’t soldiers or scientists. They aren’t part of the startup nation. They don’t win Eurovision song contests. In fact, they are quite an unlikely…
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How our parents keep telling us who we are, even after they’re gone
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. Our relationships with our parents abide well after they are gone. Two…
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The seed wars are on — and may the planet Earth win
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. When Mark Schapiro told friends he was writing a book about seeds, the first…
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Chabon’s hit novel ‘Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ coming to TV
Alaska is the Jewish state in a television series that is being developed by married Jewish authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, who live in…
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Local author wins National Jewish Book Award
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. Oakland writer Michael David Lukas has won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award…
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Ghosts of Jewish past haunt East Bay journalist’s debut novel
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. Is it a sign of alienation from the zeitgeist that a contemporary writer would…
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Tale of Kafka's writings and a graphic novel on Arendt's life
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. It is difficult to overstate the modern world’s debt to the Jewish minds of…
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The best Jewish books of 2018: feminism, seltzer, race and beyond
The books section is supported by a generous donation from Anne Germanacos. This has been a great year for Jewish books, and I’m thrilled to share some of…