No comments about On the Human Race: Essays and Commentary.

2 comments about Lost Landscapes: In Search of Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Jews of Poland.

1. Agata Tuszynska's book is written with talent, great dedication and sensitivity to tell as much as possible about Singer. The book shows the author's deep honesty in showing Singer as a person the literary world admired. I found it one of the most interestoing books I have read recently.



2. I expected an objective tale of a prewar life of Polish Jews in Poland. Jewish writer Tuszynska failed in my opinion. She is one of many Polish Jews who when discovered their roots try to make a living writing about Jewish subjects. Some are better than others, some worst. Tuszynska's great knowledge of Singer is unquestionable but her observations reflect deep anti-Polonizm. Maybe if she tries harder in a future she can create a masterpiece. One star for Tuszynska's book for picking the subject but I believe Singer deserves better.

No comments about Dreamer of the Ghetto: The Life and Works of Israel Zangwill (Judaic Studies Series).

No comments about My Lost World: A Survivor's Tale (Library of Holocaust Testimonies Series).

1 comments about Josephus on Jesus: The Testimonium Flavianum Controversy from Late Antiquity to Modern Times (Studies in Biblical Literature, Vol. 36).

1. Anyone even the least familiar with the writings of Josephus knows that they contain two references to Jesus. One of them, the most well known, has been dubbed the "Testimonium Flavianum," denoting a "testimony" by Flavius Josephus to events concerning Jesus in Judea.
   
   For centuries, the two references to Jesus, and especially the "Testimonium Flavianum," have been hotly debated by scholars. At issue, whether Josephus really penned the words, or whether they represent a later interpolation.
   
   But many today who know that the authenticity of the Testimonium Flavianum has been challenged through the centuries, do not know that there is much fresh scholarship on the matter, that in fact the scholarship has improved, and, that there is new evidence to bring to the discussion. Not only have more recent manuscript discoveries shed new light on the matter, but it is now universally recognized by scholars that earlier expositions on the matter, both pro and con, were more biased, sectarian motivated, than some of the more recent research.
   
   Some of the new scholarship, more removed from the earlier predjudices, is well worth hearing, not to mention truly refreshing and surprising.
   
   Dr. Alice Whealey (University of California, Berkeley) is one of those brilliant modern minds bringing fresh evidence and insight to the discussion. No matter what "position" a reader may ultimately embrace, he will be enriched, and his education enhanced, by hearing what Dr. Whealey has to say.

1 comments about The Jewish Experience.

1. This collection of essays, short stories, memoirs, and excerpts from novels ranges from subjects as diverse as theology, history, Jewish humor, and Holocaust survival to Erica Jong's reflections on sexual fulfillment. It is a book which should be owned by every family interested in studying the roots and multifaceted social contributions of a people whose religion emerged nearly four centuries before the birth of Joshua, "whom the Gentiles Jesus call."

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No comments about Father of the Orphans (Jewish Biography Series).

1 comments about 163256: A Memoir of Resistance (Life Writing).

1. It is with great sadness that i tell you of the passing of this wonderful man.
   He was my grandfather and i urge you to read this story......it is the story of my family and how he chose to make us his.
   xo
   jenny-bea englishman

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