Writer: Ellis Shuman

September 16, 2014
3:23 pm

Israel is a mistake (not)

BOOK REVIEW In ‘Israel, Is It Good for the Jews?’ Richard Cohen finds that Israel is not evil. It is merely human.

By Ellis Shuman

April 10, 2014
4:34 pm

The Israeli Republic of Iran

On a book by a Persian writer who viewed the Jewish State as entirely harmonious with the Islamic Republic

By Ellis Shuman

April 2, 2014
12:51 pm

Schama on the Jews: We are our story

Volume one of the British historian’s chronicle of the Jewish people offers a compelling narrative of resilience

By Ellis Shuman

August 5, 2013
2:07 pm

I am fascinated by Jesus

Reza Aslan’s well-researched biography recounts the life and times of a very Jewish rebel who was crucified for sedition

By Ellis Shuman

February 20, 2013
4:21 pm

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Three-year-old seeks hammer costume

He’s no fan of Purim disguise, but his granddaughter wants to be ‘something scary’

By Ellis Shuman

January 31, 2013
1:59 pm

Why kibbutzniks lost their clout

It isn’t only the nature of their unpopular left-wing politics that has left kibbutz members out of the next Knesset

By Ellis Shuman