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Several new books of interest have been reviewed in Haaretz recently. Haaretz is a liberal, left-wing and anti-religious paper that, like so many liberal Jews that are its audience, has a love-hate relationship with Judaism. Like the New York Times, it is fascinated, may I say obsessed, by Judaism in all its manifestations. Reviewing books is one way of staying connected but without the committment demanded by a vibrant relationship, and so, the reviews in Haaretz are often fascinating. Haaretz selects reviewers who are knowledgeable in the topics that they review and often add value. Here are links to a few recent book reviews:
A Scapegoat for All Seasons
The Donmes or Crypto-Jews of Turkey
by Rifat Bali, Isis Press, 418 pages, $45
Nehama Leibowitz
Teacher and Bible Scholar, by Yael Unterman
Urim Publications, 607 pages, $33
Emmanuel Levinas: Biografia
by Shlomo Malka (Emmanuel Levinas: La vie et la trace, by Salomon Malka; translated into Hebrew by Daniel Yoel), Resling, 312 pages, NIS 94
(Published in English in 2006 as Emmanuel Levinas: His Life and Legacy, translated by Michael Kigel and Sonia M. Embree; Duqu esne University Press, $21.50)
Several new books of interest have been reviewed in Haaretz recently. Haaretz is a liberal, left-wing and anti-religious paper that, like so many liberal Jews that are its audience, has a love-hate relationship with Judaism. Like the New York Times, it is fascinated, may I say obsessed, by Judaism in all its manifestations. Reviewing books is one way of staying connected but without the committment demanded by a vibrant relationship, and so, the reviews in Haaretz are often fascinating. Haaretz selects reviewers who are knowledgeable in the topics that they review and often add value. Here are links to a few recent book reviews:
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