From Forward, The Politics of Language: An excerpt from Jews and Power by Ruth Wisse (and an interview); and a review of Foreskin’s Lament by Shalom Auslander. Who and what are Jews? A religion? race? ethnicity? nation? A review of A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of the Forward. The Missionary Mogul: He’s the world’s biggest cutter and polisher of diamonds. He has the ear of the Russian and Israeli governments. But what Lev Leviev really cares about is what is good for the Jews (at least the Chabadniks). Spray-Fire Atonement: How cognitive behavioral psychology can help High Holy Day Jews who repent too much.
