Welcome to the Jewish Review of Books!
The Jewish Review of Books mourns the passing of Harvey Pekar whose comics—with Tara Seibel's gorgeous illustration—graced our first two issues (here and here).
The Summer 2010 issue is now available. Check out our Letters section for Jewish Narnias, Slighting the Conservative Movement, Strong Coffee or Weak Tea? ... and more. Also, read the inaugural editorial of the Jewish Review of Books here.
Underground Man: The Curious Case of Mark Zborowski and the Writing of a Modern Jewish Classic
Life is with People is perhaps the most well-known work of shtetl nostalgia. But how should it be read in light of its author's bloody career as one of Stalin's best spies?
by ANITA SHAPIRA, TRANSLATED BY EVELYN ABEL
How the position of the kibbutz in Israeli society has changed, and why. READ MORE 
One who prays to change the past, says the Mishnah, “utters a vain prayer.” A person should not beseech God to undo events that have already taken place, even when the outcome is still unknown. And yet there are circumstances where one is naturally tempted to do just that. READ MORE 
by GEDALIAH IBN YAHYA, TRANSLATED BY MATT GOLDISH
Did the great biblical and talmudic commentator meet Godfrey of Bouilon? A fascinating excerpt from Gedaliah ibn Yahya's Shalshelet ha-Kabbalah. READ MORE 
All the Good Things of SpainThe greatest Hebrew poet gets the English bio he deserves.
Does everyone need a Sabbath? Judith Shulevitz thinks so.
The Christian Road to JerusalemLooking back on the clash of civilizations.
The author of Life of Pi trivializes the Holocaust.

Going PublicThe Jewish Jane Austen, or better?
Getting by with a little help from our friends.
With InterestHave the Jews been capitalism's best friends or worst enemies, or both? 
Milton Steinberg's unpublished novel about Hosea was forgotten for a long time. For good reason.
Montefiore and the Politics of EmancipationMore than a shtadlan. 
Whither the great anti-American novel? 