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Mandel sits on the floor in glasses and sweater vest, looking up pensively
Posted inTheater

‘The Chosen’ onstage: Is the classic book frozen in time, or still relevant?

by Rob Gloster October 17, 2018October 22, 2018
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, from the cover of his memoir "My Country, My Life"
Posted inOff the Shelf

Two 2018 books explain how Israel became what it is

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman October 15, 2018January 9, 2019
False papers used by the Dutch-French resistance in WWII
Posted inBooks

New book: the Dutch and French ‘underground railroad’ in WWII

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2018January 9, 2019
a black and white stamp with a picture of the author's mother smiling
Posted inBooks

‘Born Under Fire’: Her mother’s life in pre-state Israel

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 10, 2018January 9, 2019
From the cover of "The Boatbuilder" by Daniel Gumbiner
Posted inCulture

‘The Boatbuilder,’ a novel of the opioid crisis set in Marin

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 8, 2018January 9, 2019
Rouhani waves, smiling
Posted inBooks

Oakland author’s new book: Iran is more complicated than you think

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2018October 8, 2018
From the cover of "More Mini Adventures in Jerusalem" by Rabbi Sheldon Lewis
Posted inEducation

Interfaith children’s book about Jewish and Muslim boys in Jerusalem

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 4, 2018January 9, 2019
1928: Edgar Feuchtwanger as a child in Munich — where he literally lived across the street from Adolf Hitler
Posted inHistory

He lived across the street from Hitler, and he’s coming to Palo Alto

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller October 3, 2018October 3, 2018
From the cover of “True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape” by Micah Perks
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Author Micah Perks: from utopian commune to imaginative novelist

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2018January 9, 2019
From the cover of "The Talmud: A Biography" by Barry Scott Wimpfheimer
Posted inColumns

Three books to put you through (Jewish) law school

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman September 14, 2018

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