book review

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes

The Art of the Music Critic is an incisive and illuminating compendium of an expansive stretch of our musical timeline, presented in an invitingly user-friendly form.

18/04/2025

'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society

This cast of characters and their stories offer an authentic mosaic of the people who make up Israeli society, portraying the tensions, the long history, and the unresolved traumas.

By JANICE WEIZMAN
18/04/2025

'Jewish & Israel Trivia': The perfect trivia challenge for the Passover Seder

If you haven’t picked up a copy before the Seder, I strongly suggest you grab one as soon as you can. This trivia booklet is bound to sell like hotcakes. 

'It Takes Chutzpah': Jewish senator's memoir hopes to raise next generation of activists

It Takes Chutzpah is crisply and clearly written, intended to raise a new generation of can-do activists with the ability to build bridges and widen constituencies in order to achieve their goals.

By RALPH AMELAN
12/04/2025

'Letters from Home': Exploring tension among Jews in in the Second Temple era

The relationship between the Jewish communities of Egypt and Israel created an underlying tension, not unlike the modern-day relationship between world Jewry and the Jews of the State of Israel.

 'Find Your Fight,' by Jay Ruderman.

'Find your Fight': Jay Ruderman's guide to effective activism and social change

Ruderman's book arrives at a crucial moment when many Americans feel simultaneously motivated to address societal challenges but uncertain about how to create meaningful impact.

By DAVID BRUMMER
27/03/2025
After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within the

'Cardozo on the Parashah': The magic of the Torah’s most ambiguous book

Snippets from Rabbi Nathan Cardozo’s commentary on the ‘Book of Leviticus’

'The Battle for the Jewish State': The ties that bind the US and Israel

Readers can assume that the author believes that her prescription for success in that struggle – an iron-clad US-Israel alliance – has a far greater chance with Trump as president.

'Fear No Pharaoh': US Jews and slavery – from implicated to appalled

In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
15/03/2025

'Zionism and Jewish Culture': Getting to the true essence of Jewish nationalism

Zionism, Prof. Yitzhak Conforti shows, represents a continuation of an ethnic Jewish community that sustained its distinctiveness throughout centuries in the Diaspora.

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