<![CDATA[BookPleasures.com - Articles - Judaica]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher en-us N/A bookpleasures@gmail.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:38 PST 20 false false authors, reviews, publishers, literature, critiques clean <![CDATA[The Jerusalem Inception Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/4040/1/The-Jerusalem-Inception-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Avraham Azrieli

ISBN: 978-1451549515

]]> no@spam.com (Norm Goldman) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/4040/1/The-Jerusalem-Inception-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[Cipora Hurwitz's Forbidden Strawberries Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/3201/1/Cipora-Hurwitzs-Forbidden-Strawberries-Reviewed-By-Kathryn-Atwood-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Cipora Hurwitz

ISBN: 13: 978-1885881380


The writing style of Forbidden Strawberries, the memoir of Cipora Hurwitz, a Polish Jew forced to grow up during the Holocaust, is stark, matter-of-fact, and not necessarily elegant, but because of this simplicity and especially because of Hurwitz's vivid recollections, it is powerfully emotive. ]]> no@spam.com (Kathryn Atwood) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/3201/1/Cipora-Hurwitzs-Forbidden-Strawberries-Reviewed-By-Kathryn-Atwood-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[‬I Shall Live:‭ ‬Surviving the Holocaust Against All Odds Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2801/1/I-Shall-Live-Surviving-the-Holocaust-Against-All-Odds-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html
Author:‭ ‬Henry Orenstein
Publisher:‭ ‬Beaufort Books Publishers
ISBN:‭ ‬979-0-8253-0597-9

If you never read anything about the Holocaust,‭ ‬Henry Orenstein's commemorative edition of‭  ‬I Shall Live:‭ ‬Surviving the Holocaust Against All Odds is a must read and the perfect one with which to start.‭ (‬The first edition was published nearly a quarter of a century ago‭)‬.‭

]]> no@spam.com (Norm Goldman) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2801/1/I-Shall-Live-Surviving-the-Holocaust-Against-All-Odds-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2595/1/The-Prime-Ministers-An-Intimate-Narrative-of-Israeli-Leadership-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Yehuda Avner

Publishers: The Toby Press:

ISBN: 13: 9781592642786

Rarely am I overly excited about reading someone's 703-page memoirs. Nonetheless, Yehuda Avner's The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership proved to be the exception. Once started, I couldn't put it down and in fact I will even go so far in recommending this book as required reading for every journalist covering the Middle East, as well as the so-called “experts” and pundits that very often naively swallow Arab misrepresentations without questioning its veracity and without knowing a great deal about Mid-East history

]]> no@spam.com (Norm Goldman) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2595/1/The-Prime-Ministers-An-Intimate-Narrative-of-Israeli-Leadership-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home: A Hebrew American's Sojourn in the Land of Israel Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2433/1/Leaving-Home-Going-Home-Returning-Home-A-Hebrew-Americans-Sojourn-in-the-Land-of-Israel-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Jason Alster
ISBN: 9781439258750

Part memoir and part travelogue, Jason Alster with his Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home: A Hebrew American's Sojourn in the Land of Israel reminisces about his experiences when he made aliyah to Israel in 1984 at the age of twenty-eight, and where he lived until returning to the USA in 2007




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Author: Aggie Villanueva
ISBN: 978-0-557-08654-2
Publisher: Lulu

It is a refreshing account of those events in Bible history. Villaneuva is a good writer. She handles dialog and thought very well and integrates all the elements of good story-telling into her art

]]> no@spam.com (Chris Phillips) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2417/1/Rightfully-MineGods-Equal-Rights-amendment-Reviewed-By-Chris-Phillips-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther Reviewed By Mary Simmons of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2369/1/Chosen-The-Lost-Diaries-of-Queen-Esther-Reviewed-By-Mary-Simmons-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Ginger Garrett
Publisher: David C. Cook
ISBN: 978-1-4347-6801-8


I thoroughly enjoyed the novel aspect of Ginger Garrett’s exploration into the mind of Jewish historical figure, Queen Esther. The queen’s story, as told through a series of diary entries, is one of intrigue, romance, adventure, and faith]]> no@spam.com (Mary Simmons) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/2369/1/Chosen-The-Lost-Diaries-of-Queen-Esther-Reviewed-By-Mary-Simmons-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[City of Refuge: A Biblical Novel of the Ancient Past Reviewed By Norm Goldman Of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/1133/1/City-of-Refuge-A-Biblical-Novel-of-the-Ancient-Past-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-Of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Valerie Farber
Publisher: Falcon Books
ISBN: 976-0-9816058-0-7

American born author Valerie Farber, who now makes her home in Hashmonaim Israel, has penned an absorbing novel that you can easily get lost in. She has accomplished this feat not just by weaving her City of Refuge: A Biblical Novel of the Ancient Past expertly, but also by constructing a time and place in such a way that we believe every detail of the landscape is real


]]> no@spam.com (Norm Goldman) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/1133/1/City-of-Refuge-A-Biblical-Novel-of-the-Ancient-Past-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-Of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story Of Survival 1941-1946 Reviewed By Norm Goldman Of Bookpleasures.com]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/794/1/Hiding-in-the-Spotlight-A-Musical-Prodigys-Story-Of-Survival-1941-1946-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-Of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html

Author: Greg Dawson
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 978-1-60598-045-4

Rarely am I able to read a book in one sitting, however Greg Dawson’s Hiding in the Spotlight was the exception. 
In Hiding in the Spotlight Dawson narrates the story of his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya, who was a Holocaust survivor and an extraordinary pianist.

]]> no@spam.com (Norm Goldman) http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/794/1/Hiding-in-the-Spotlight-A-Musical-Prodigys-Story-Of-Survival-1941-1946-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-Of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html <![CDATA[The Other Half: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis: Reviewed by Lily Azerad-Goldman ]]> http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/671/1/The-Other-Half-A-Novel-Based-on-the-True-Story-of-the-MS-St-Louis--Reviewed-by-Lily-Azerad-Goldman-/Page1.html

Author: Kim Ablon Whitney
ISBN 978-0-375-85219-0
Publisher: Alfred Knopf


The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis is the Titanic of the Holocaust.



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