Pre-Shabbat Jewish Lit Links by Erika Dreifus on April 17, 2015 2 Photo Credit: Reut Miryam CohenEvery Friday My Machberet presents an array of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety. On Tablet: a thoughtful piece by Marjorie Ingall that pleads for a bit more subject-diversity in Jewish books for children. This month’s Jewish Book Carnival is hosted over on Jodie Books. Check it out. One of the links I discovered in the aforementioned Carnival: Deborah Kalb’s Q&A with Shulem Deen, whose memoir All Who Go Do Not Return I’m seeing mentioned everywhere and I’m looking forward to reading soon. ICYMI: My midweek post on Practicing Writing had some things to say about Yom HaShoah. Fig Tree Books published its second book this week: a re-issue of Meyer Levin’s classic Compulsion. Read Adam Kirsch’s take. Shabbat shalom.
I read Compulsion when I was young and I remember how disturbing the book was but I didn’t remember the story. Your review brought it all back.
Maybe you’ll re-read it now, Paul!