Library Corner

Families, Love, and Renewal in New Fiction

February 1, 2023

By Robin Jacobson.  During an unwelcome visit from Covid-19, I dosed myself with soup, lemon drops (good for masking that metallic Paxlovid taste), and three novels: The Cost of Living …

Dinner with Felix Frankfurter

January 6, 2023

By Robin Jacobson.  Which three persons, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party? The New York Times Book Review regularly asks this question in interviews. After reading …

Rescuing Freud

November 30, 2022

By Robin Jacobson.  With 20/20 historical hindsight, it can be unbearable to read stories of European Jews in the 1930s who turned down opportunities to flee Europe.  If only we …

Scientist in the Shadows

October 21, 2022

By Robin Jacobson.  My pharmacist dad reveled in books about epic breakthroughs in medicine and science. On my bookshelf, I found his copy of The Double Helix (1968), a memoir by …

Snapshots of Israel

October 12, 2022

By Robin Jacobson.  Israeli author Omer Friedlander, only 28 years old, made a stunning entrance onto the literary stage this past spring. Big-name publisher Random House published his debut short …