Category: Jewish
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A History of Israel by Howard Sachar
Rating: 5/5, excellent This 1,000 page tome is a fantastic in-depth history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It took me about four years to read and a couple of months to review, but I think it was worth the effort. It’s fairly unbiased compared to other books I’ve looked into on Israel. It leans slightly pro-Israel,…
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The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster
Rating: 4/5, good The back cover of The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster reads (at least the 2007 Penguin edition of the book first released in 1982): “’One day there is life… and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.’ So begins The Invention of Solitude, Paul Auster’s moving and personal meditation on fatherhood.…