Sometimes it’s just good to pay extra attention. Remember your hotel’s location. Know the hotel’s name. That’s right, its name. Write down the street address,

1. “When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family’s Forgotten History,” by Massoud Hayoun. The New Press. 2019. Hardcover. 304 pages. English. ISBN-13: 978-1620974162. Non-fiction. Massoud

Last January, Calvin Souder took a journey to Israel that deeply impacted his life. The Newark attorney traveled to the Holy Land as part of

It is in Rabbi Dr. Nachum Amsel’s head. Teaneck’s Jewish history, that is. A former Teaneck resident, he is the director of education for the

Part I of II Sometimes in reporting an article, those holding the notebook and pen might want to hurry along an interview to get to

NF – Nonfiction F – Fiction 1. “No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel,” by Shimon Peres. Custom House.

Ellen “Elly” Schanzer  knew she had had enough. That was long before a doctoral candidate and keynote speaker delivered an anti-Israel-laden address during New York

It’s been a rueful coincidence. When teaching Jewish history, it is mostly unfortunate when events repeat. Yet, there are teaching moments that make a classroom

“I don’t feel safe.” A young Ethiopian-born elementary school child said this to a group of visiting journalists from Anglo-Jewish newspapers between the two Gaza

It’s been two weeks since the AIPAC Policy Conference, but I still can’t get the uneasy feeling out of my mind. Keep in mind that

1. “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel” by Matti Friedman, 2019. This winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award follows