07/14/2020 05:15:23 PM
By Robin Jacobson
What to read during a pandemic? Since the Book of Psalms (Sefer Tehilim) is a traditional...Read more...
07/07/2020 05:23:10 PM
Always an Immigrant
By Robin Jacobson
As Moses might have said, “You can take the Jews out of Egypt, but you can’t take Egypt out of the Jews.” It is hard to shed a past life and homeland, even one of misery and persecution. This is the theme of two outstanding books by Jewish émigrés from the former Soviet Union: Savage...Read more...
06/23/2020 01:26:47 PM
By Robin Jacobson
Historical fiction inhabits the sweet spot between history and fiction. It lets us imagine living in a past historical moment and then returns us to our own time with new insights. For young readers (and for adventurous parents who are game for a “family book...Read more...
