Library Corner

Being Jewish in America

June 22, 2026

It began as an ordinary afternoon in a local hair salon. The stylist was briskly snipping away at my overgrown hair, when someone turned on the TV. Violent images from …

The Psychiatrist at Nuremberg

May 19, 2026

The recent Nuremberg movie spotlights a fascinating, behind-the-scenes relationship at the historic Nuremberg Trials that followed World War II. Over many months, U.S. Army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Kelley examined and …

Proving the Angels Wrong

March 23, 2026

Saul Golubcow’s Were the Angels Wrong? is both a marvelous whodunit and a moving meditation on the lingering aftermath of the Holocaust. This is the third book in Golubcow’s mystery …

Memoir as Comedy

February 23, 2026

Edward Hirsch is a celebrated American poet and the author of many notable books, both poetry and prose. He is also very funny, as shown by his wisecracking and witty …

The Film Director’s Tragic Bargain

January 20, 2026

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann (translated from German by Ross Benjamin) is a powerful, darkly comic World War II novel about art, ego, and bad choices. The “Director” of the …