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Moment Book Review | A Tale of Dueling Abrahams 23 Jan
Anthony Julius's book, "Abraham: The First Jew," explores the concept of two distinct Abrahams in Jewish tradition. The first, 'Abraham 1,' is portrayed as a...
23 Jan
Moment Book Review | The Failure of Aryan Physics 9 Dec 2024
Historian Mark Walker's book, "Hitler's Atomic Bomb," delves into Nazi Germany's nuclear research and the tensions between scientific discovery, fascist ideo...
9 Dec 2024
Moment Book Review | Kiss Me, I’m Irish and Jewish! 8 Oct 2024
Robert Siegel reviews two books by Hasia R. Diner and collaborators, exploring the intricate relationship between Irish and Jewish immigrants in America. Thr...
8 Oct 2024
Moment Book Review | Noah Feldman Explains Us To Ourselves 7 Jul 2024
Noah Feldman's book, "To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People," offers a comprehensive exploration of contemporary Jewish identi...
7 Jul 2024
Moment Book Review | Ukraine’s Zelensky, Warts and All 15 Apr 2024
The rise of Volodymyr Zelensky from an entertainer to the president of Ukraine is explored in two biographies "The Showman" by Simon Shuster and "Zelensky: U...
15 Apr 2024
Moment Book Review | When an Adored Villain Gets His Day in Court 14 Jan 2024
This book review discusses two new books that explore historic trials involving national leaders accused of wartime crimes. "Judgment at Tokyo" by Gary J. Ba...
14 Jan 2024
Moment Book Review | When an Adored Villain Gets His Day in Court 14 Jan 2024
Two new books, "Judgment at Tokyo" by Gary J. Bass and "France on Trial" by Julian Jackson, explore historic trials of national leaders deemed guilty of war ...
14 Jan 2024
Moment Book Review | Revisiting a 1920s Thrill Kill 21 Nov 2023
Hal Higdon's book, "Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century Centenary Edition," revisits the notorious case of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., two in...
21 Nov 2023
Moment Book Review | The Maker and Breaker of Ideas 11 Sep 2023
"The Controversialist: Arguments with Everyone, Left Right and Center" by Martin Peretz is a book that explores the life and influence of the author, who bou...
11 Sep 2023
Moment Book Review | The Many Layers of Jewish Identity 19 Jul 2023
"The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean" by Jessica M. Marglin is a study of a 19th-century court case in Italy that explor...
19 Jul 2023