Non-fiction
Heeb Book Review: Searching for Zion

Heeb Book Review: Searching for Zion

Zionism is a murkier concept than love. And not just for Jews.
“When You’re Smiling” Sung by Three Holocaust Survivors in Latvia

“When You’re Smiling” Sung by Three Holocaust Survivors in Latvia

Listen to them, and try - just try - not to smile, yourself.
Crooks and Schnooks

Crooks and Schnooks

Israeli pol says Reform Jews are 'anti-Semites,' a baby dies from a haredi penis-sucking circumcision ritual, sex trafficker wears yarmulke to court.
Prohibition Ain't No Fiction

Prohibition Ain’t No Fiction

The full title of the tome is Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition, which might lead some would-be readers to visions of bootlegging Jewish gangsters. While Jewdar’s always happy to read that, this book offers a much broader and more interesting array of Semitic experiences.
Once Upon a Gay….

Once Upon a Gay….

A Jewish journey through the ex-gay movement
Blacklisted

Blacklisted

For her parents, it was the American Dream. For her, it was a wasteland.