By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
Melton will hold the virtual class “Tisha B’Av as a Healing Journey Through G…
By Bill Simons
“Pick me up, feed me and bring me home. I hope you agree or otherwise, forget your interview.” That blunt ultimatum came to me in the form of a letter dated October 8, 1985, and signed “Abel R. Kiviat.” Then 93 years old and a widower, Kiviat, one of the great runners…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“Cinnamon Girl"
There is a great deal to dislike about Adam Zantz, the hero of Daniel Weizmann’s “Cinnamon Girl” (Melville House). He refuses to take responsibility for his actions and often spins a lie, rather than tell the complete truth. Yet, readers wil…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Harry Freedman makes something very clear in his new book “Shylock’s Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice’s Jews and the Ghetto” (Bloomsbury Continuum): the Jews of Venice were treated far better than most Jews in Christian lands during the 16th century,…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Joan Leegant will speak at the Campaign 2025 Federation Super Sunday Brunch on Sunday, September 8. For more information about the event and an interview of Leegant, see future issues of The Reporter.
I spend a great deal of energy looking for books of interest –…
