Authors on Tour (T-Z)

Joseph Telushkin

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CHARACTER
288 pages. Crown. $25.

WHY THE JEWS?
The Reason for Anti-Semitism
288 pages. Touchstone Books. $14.

Based on Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s “Dear-Abby” style ethics advice column, The Ten Commandments of Character offers answers to some one hundred of life’s thorniest dilemmas.

In Why the Jews?, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin attempt to uncover and explain the roots of anti-Semitism from the ancient world to the Holocaust to the current Middle East. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of their 1982 classic, Why the Jews? offers unique insights and perspectives on some of the most recent, pressing developments in the contemporary world.

Local appearances: Cleveland, OH; Closter, NJ; Costa Mesa, CA; E. Brunswick, NJ; E. Windsor, NJ; Norfolk, VA; Savannah, GA

Sol Wachtler

BLOOD BROTHERS
256 pages. New Millennium Entertainment. $24.95.

An explosive legal thriller including a bizarre twist in a synagogue fire written by the former Chief Judge of the State of New York. It is a stunning piece of legal razzle-dazzle that probes the national psyche.

Local appearances: Boynton Beach, FL; Ft. Lee, NJ; Long Island, NY; San Diego, CA

Jonathan Wilson

A PALESTINE AFFAIR
288 pages. Pantheon. $23.

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This swift and sensual novel of mystery, passion and politics transports us to British Palestine, where the Arabs, the British and the Jews mingle in a scene of colonial excess and unease.

Local appearances: Ann Arbor, MI; Austin, TX; Cherry Hill, NJ; Cotsa Mesa, CA; Deal, NJ; Kansas City, KS; Philadelphia, PA; Pleasantville, NY; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; Rockville, MD; San Diego, CA; Springfield, MA; St. Louis, MO; Tenafly, NJ; Washington DC; W. Hartford, CT

Alexandra Zapruder

SALVAGED PAGES
Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust
512 pages. Yale University Press. $35.

The 14 diaries in this anthology, most appearing in English for the first time, detail the lives of teens and their families, some on the run, some in camps, some in hiding and some during the chilling last days in the ghettoes in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Local appearances: Baltimore, MD; Chappaqua, NY; Cleveland, OH; Costa Mesa, CA; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, KS; Miami, FL; New Haven, CT; Portland, OR; San Diego, CA

David Zurawik

JEWS OF PRIME TIME
256 pages. Brandeis University Press. $29.95.

Review

Zurawik’s book is an examination of television’s Jewish founders and characters from the last fifty years, along with a backstage look at the insiders who created the strange history of Jewish identity in prime time television.

Local appearances: Cleveland, OH; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Miami, FL; Norfolk, VA; Rochester, NY