Tales of My Great-Grandfathers by Johanna Kaplan One was an eccentric rabbi, the other a pitiable conscript; together they made one Jewish destiny.
All-City Adolescent by Johanna Kaplan Dan Gorelick's earliest sense of luxury, of the mysterious ways of the rich--their deep, scented rooms, their leisurely weekday comforts--was…
The Wonder-Worker, by Dan Jacobson by Johanna Kaplan Dan Jacobson's new novel The Wonder-Worker is a highly unusual, exhilarating book, and in a subtle, understated way ultimately so…
A Crown of Feathers, by Isaac Bashevis Singer; A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas, edited by Ruth R. Wisse by Johanna Kaplan In the mind of the English-speaking reader, Isaac Bashevis Singer stands almost alone, the single representative of Yiddish writing; as…
Travelers, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala by Johanna Kaplan Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has written seven novels and three collections of short stories, yet she has remained relatively unknown in…
Scenes from a “Special” Classroom by Johanna Kaplan The first time I saw the classroom that was later to become mine, none of the children was in it,…
Words for a Deaf Daughter, by Paul West by Johanna Kaplan What can you say of a man who writes a book celebrating the deafness of his own child? Or of…