The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the binds that tie four generations of women. Gabriela’s mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm […]
Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict An award-winning journalist presents an even-handed, thoroughly researched examination of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and illustrates how a shocking yet little-known massacre one century ago in what was then Palestine became ground zero of […]
The Judgment of Yoyo Gold Thank you to NetGalley and Philomel Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A smart and powerful story set in the Orthodox Jewish community about what it means to fit in, break out, and […]
Happy fall y’all! We are now entering my favorite half of the year. I love the colder months, and the temps have finally started to cool down just enough to be comfortable. Today is not only my mom’s birthday (happy birthday mom!), it’s also Rosh Hashanah, the beginning […]
I finished August with 32 ARCs left to be read. Anyone else think that September was the longest and Mondayest month we’ve had in a while? It might just be me, but it felt like this month would never end. Maybe it was the fact that the weather […]
Israel Alone Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked Son for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Weaving in fifty years of experience with Israel, Bernard-Henri Lévy analyzes global responses to October 7, the new virulent waves of the oldest hatred […]
I finished July with 35 ARCs left to be read. August feels like it went by in the blink of an eye, didn’t it? My finances took a big hit, with my car needing an expensive repair, 3 of my dogs needing vet visits, then my car needing […]
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its […]
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment. For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. […]
I finished June with 29 ARCs left to be read. July was a really tough month for me. The heat has been brutal for me, with my heat intolerance and my POTS (postural orthostatic hypertension syndrome) combining to make it a difficult month to get out and do […]
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