Jewish Review of Books

Did the future Nazi minister of finance and head of the Reichsbank really have a doctoral degree in Hebrew? The post The General from the Shtetl and the Wizard of the Reichsbank appeared first on Jewish Review of Books.

Zionism's goal was auto-emancipation, which didn’t mean there weren’t empires to deal with. The post Empire State of Mind appeared first on Jewish Review of Books.

A bitterly funny roman à clef about a Reform temple and 1930s Hollywood is more Sunset Boulevard than Wilshire Boulevard. The post Rabbi to the Stars appeared first on Jewish Review of Books.

And how Othello became Ithiel, with the help of an ambivalent convert from Judaism and a founding figure of Zionism. The post When Juliet Became Jael appeared first on Jewish Review of Books.

When a remark by Prof Halkin led to a query to Pete Seeger, which led to a hit Israeli novelty song, which . . . The post “The Piano’s Open” appeared first on Jewish Review of Books.