Adventures in the Ostrich-Feather Trade
By SHULAMIT REINHARZ
When plumage went global.

Degenerate Café Conversation and Beyond
By SHEILA JELEN
Some serious shop talk.

A Personal (Sock!) History (Pow!) of Comics
By PAUL BUHLE
An insider's take on Jews and the comic-book industry.

Looking for God in All the Right Places
By JUDY BOLTON-FASMAN
In which our reviewer learns that "the Gates of Weeping are always open."

Wolpe's Faithful Response
By REBECCA PHILLIPS
Rabbi David Wolpe aims to "reach beyond a Jewish audience" with his latest book.

From Russia With Love
By MENACHEM WECKER
The aesthetic and romantic adventures of Grisha Bruskin.

The Accidental Naturalist
By HAIM WATZMAN
From Bialik to bird calls, Watzman reports.

The Jewish State of Bureaucracy
By BEZALEL STERN
Levey’s hilarious—and sobering—memoir as the Prime Minister’s mouth.

Sensual Semites
By MENACHEM WECKER
A new collection of essays lets it all hang out.

Are These Germans Different?
By RACHEL SOMERSTEIN
A 21^st-century take on the WWII memoir.

Refusniks Heading West
By MIMI SCHWARTZ
Maxim D. Shrayer details his intercontinental metamorphosis.

Heard That
By ROBERT BIRNBAUM
The storied life of Studs Terkel

Two Religions, One Question
By REBECCA PHILLIPS
An assessment of The Faith Between Us.

Everything Old Is New Again—and That's the Problem
By MICAH SACHS
The editor of InterfaithFamily.com sounds off on The New American Judaism.

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