Books

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REVIEWS

Jewish Folk Tales in Britain and Ireland: A book review by Joanne McFall

Comprising of forty-four traditional folk tales associated with varying regions in Britain and Ireland, Liz Berg’s Jewish Folk Tales in Britain and Ireland is essential reading for fans of this genre. [Read more]

The Nazis Knew My Name: a remarkable story of survival and courage in Auschwitz

This book is about Magda Hellinger. It is an amalgam of materials both from writings and stories shared by Magda as well as those she recounted through the oral histories programs of both Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre and the Visual History Foundation [often described as the Spielberg project]. [Read more]

The Covered Wife: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Over the past year or so there seems to have been a fascination in one way or another with Orthodox Judaism. [Read more]

Can Robots be Jewish? And other pressing questions of Modern Life: a book review by Jeffrey Cohen

Amy Schwartz serves as the opinion and book editor at Moment Magazine. Moment is one of the more independent and thought stimulating magazine in the Jewish world started by Leonid/Leibl Fein over fifty years ago and is still being published today as an independent but also inclusive journal. [Read more]

Frances Prince launches her book “Gift of Time”

A new book, written by well-known community personality Frances Prince is launching this week in Melbourne. [Read more]

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