Archive of Past Reviews in Spring 2009
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THE JEWISH BODY
Melvin Konner
Reviewed by Maron L. Waxman
FREE-RANGE CHICKENS
Simon Rich
Reviewed by Alan Zweibel
WANDERING STARS: A NOVEL
Sholem Aleichem; Aliza Shevrin, trans.; Tony Kushner, fwd.
Reviewed by Cherie Karo Schwartz
LAISH
Aharon Appelfeld
Reviewed by Malvina D. Engelberg
FRIENDLY FIRE
A. B. Yehoshua
Reviewed by Michal Hoschander Malen
TAKING BACK GOD: AMERICAN WOMEN RISING UP FOR RELIGIOUS EQUALITY
Leora Tanenbaum
Reviewed by Ellie Barbarash
THE LOST SPY: AN AMERICAN IN STALIN’S SECRET SERVICE
Andrew Meier
Reviewed by Noel Kriftcher
A CODE OF JEWISH ETHICS, VOLUME 2: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Reviewed by Wallace Green
AND YOU SHALL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF OUR VINYL
Roger Bennett and Josh Kun
Reviewed by Adam B. Teeter
THE BELIEVERS
Zoë Heller
Reviewed by Miriam Bradman Abrahams
THE BOOK OF THE UNKNOWN: TALES OF THE THIRTY-SIX
Jonathon Keats
Reviewed by Sydelle Shamah
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Sara Houghteling
Reviewed by Ariel Djanikian
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