"His books have not just been good for the Jews; they have been great." – Joel Yanofsky, Literary Review of Canada
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A Life
By Florence Noiville
Translated by Catherine Temerson
208 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $23.00.
Dismissed for years as the less-talented kid brother of Yiddish novelist I. J. Singer, whose sales and renown were second only to those of Sholem Asch, Isaac Bashevis Singer gradually emerged from... 
The Frumkiss Family Business gets its first recommendation in the September edition of Zoomer Magazine, Canada's boomer lifestyle magazine.
We're thrilled at this early support for the book from Moses Znaimer's publication that describes zoomers as "baby boomers with zip" and is aimed at Canadians over 45 "who embrace life with experience and confidence and who aren't afraid of change".
Michael was... 
It's late, but we'll take it! This review of "Mentsh" is great.
Thank God for Google Alerts!
This morning we picked up this great review of How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) from the Sacramento Book Review.
It was published today - nearly nine months after the publication of How to Be a Mentsh - and is written by Claude M. Ury.
With a brilliant writing style which has made him one... 
How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) is reviewed in the winter edition of Jewish Book World.
"Wex uses traditional sources, like the Talmud’s stories about the great Hillel, to define ‘mentshhood’ as empathetic awareness of the feelings and needs of others combined with principled avoidance of inflicting harm and shame on others."
To read the review in full go to the How to Be a Mentsh... 
Born to Kvetch was published in England for the first time a couple of weeks ago and has just received its first review in the Jewish Chronicle.
Some academics have been complaining about Born to Kvetch. This is, after all, a book that has zero inhibition regarding vulgarity. It is, moreover, quite politically incorrect and provocative.
For example, there is plenty and more on the traditional... 