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Book on rabbinic abuse hits home

Review “When Rabbis Abuse: Power, Gender and Status in the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in Jewish Culture” by Elana Sztokman. lionessbooks.com. 442 pages $36.99. This book lifts the curtain on an all-too...

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Saul Golubcow introduces his Holocaust survivor-turned-private eye

Saul Golubcow. Courtesy of Saul Golubcow. As a student at Rutgers, Saul Golubcow wrote for a literary magazine. An English professor saw something in the young man’s work and urged him to pursue the...

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New book explores the insane career of Syrian Jewish hustler ‘Crazy Eddie’ Antar

Eddie Antar, right, once known as “Crazy Eddie,” New York’s electronics king, is led by an Israeli police detective in Petach Tikvah, Israel, June 25, 1992. Photo by Sven Nackstrand/AFP via Getty...

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A Nina’s-eye-view of the Supreme Court and RBG

Nina Totenberg at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2019. (photo by Allison Shelley) REVIEW “Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships” by Nina Totenberg. New York: Simon...

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Kathryn Schulz’s memoir soars on the wings of love

Review “Lost & Found” by Kathryn Schulz. New York: Random House, 2022. 256 pages. $27. It was the worst of books. It was the best of books. My apologies to Charles Dickens, but the great novelist’s...

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Raskin, Tannen speak at Beth El in Alexandria

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) takes the stage to talk about his book, which documents the Trump impeachment, the Jan. 6 insurrection and the death of Raskin’s son. Screenshot. As lead impeachment manager,...

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How Jews became white

Emily Tamkin (Courtesy of Tamkin) Review “Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities” by Emily Tamkin. New York: HarperCollins, 2022. 256 pages | $28.99. In her introduction, author...

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Longtime Northern Virginia residents Susan and Shawn Dilles counter...

Groundbreaking of Agudas Achim Congregation in 1956 at its current location in Alexandria. Courtesy Agudas Achim Before Susan and Shawn Dilles moved to the Washington area in the 1980s, a relative gave...

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Apples to Apples

bergamont / iStock / Getty Images Plus Review “Temptation Transformed: The Story of How the Forbidden Fruit Became an Apple” by Azzan Yadin-Israel. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 181...

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Daughter and Granddaughter Seek Answer to a Mystery

  Review “The Woman Beyond the Sea” by Sarit Yishai-Levi. Translated by Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann. Seattle: Amazon Crossing, 2023. 404 pages. $16.99. The author of this wonderful book tells a riveting story....

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