FICTION
Panther in the Basement
By Amos Oz
Set in 1947, the year before Israel won its independence from Great Britain, Oz's 13th novel leaves aside adult relationships to explore those of Proffy, a 12-year-old boy living in Jerusalem.
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RELIGION
Kaddish
By Leon Wieseltier
Upon his father's death, Leon Wieseltier observed the Jewish mourning ritual, reciting the kaddish prayer, morning, evening, and night for the prescribed year.
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HISTORY
Unsettled
By Melvin Konner
Raised Orthodox, Konner lost his faith and interest in religion around age 17, then began working his way back after his first child was born.
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PHILOSOPHY
The Talmud and the Internet
By Jonathan Rosen
In this intellectually expansive volume, Rosen finds connections between seemingly disparate concepts: the Talmud and the Internet, ancient traditions and modern impulses, religious commitment and secular involvement.
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BIOGRAPHY
Jerome Robbins
By Deborah Jowitt
Perhaps the greatest American-born choreographer, Robbins hailed from Weehawken, New Jersey—where he was known as Jerry Rabinowitz....
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MEMOIR
A Family of Doctors
By David Hellerstein
Though his prominent Midwestern family has produced five generations of doctors—the first being Marcus Rosenwasser of Cleveland, born in 1846—Hellerstein claims that his parents never pressured their offspring to join the family business.
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Selected Poems of Yankev Glatshteyn
Birdland
A Sensitive Issue
The Good Book
Close-Up
What Happened to Mary Berg?
Forbidden Fruit