Jewish Review of Books

Harris retells the “Dreyfus Affair” from Lieutenant-Colonel Marie-Georges Picquart’s point of view, dramatically reconstructing how he zeroed in on the true culprit.

Peter Berger listened to me patiently, and then he said, "You can come to see me, but "--and here he spoke with heavy emphasis--"it sounds like you have read my books...and I haven't thought of anything new."

From Says Who? By ABRAHAM SOCHER

Issue SUMMER 2018

Fall 2015

Yosl Bergner’s Jewish-Israeli Genius

Ruth R. Wisse

Yosl Bergner once said that “whatever colors I pour onto the canvas, they come out gray.” His grayscale paintings are stunning, but he paints in gorgeous color too. A personal memoir of a 94-year-old genius.

Winter 2014

Wisdom and Wars

Hillel Halkin

If it were fiction, Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom would be the greatest English war novel.

Winter 2017

A Foreign Song I Learned in Utah

Jonathan Karp

Despite all of Bob Dylan’s subterfuges, disguises, and costume changes, he really was a child of the American heartland. Winning the Nobel Prize might actually be his most Jewish achievement.

Peter Berger listened to me patiently, and then he said, "You can come to see me, but "--and here he spoke with heavy emphasis--"it sounds like you have read my books...and I haven't thought of anything new."

From Says Who? By ABRAHAM SOCHER

Issue SUMMER 2018