Jabotinsky
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
An insightful new biography of the most controversial and perhaps most fervent of all Zionist political figures
Hillel Halkin Books
Hillel Halkin is an American-born Israeli translator, biographer, literary critic, and novelist. His work delves into profound explorations of Jewish culture and history, often through meticulous literary analysis and critique. Halkin's distinctive style is recognized for its precision and insight, uncovering complex themes and ideas within his writing. Through his literary contributions, he enhances the understanding and appreciation of the richness of Jewish literature and thought for a broader readership.
Tevye the Dairyman and The Railroad Stories
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Of all the characters in modern Jewish fiction, the most beloved is Tevye, the compassionate, irrepressible, Bible-quoting dairyman from Anatevka, who has been immortalized in the writings of Sholem Aleichem and in acclaimed and award-winning theatrical and film adaptations. And no Yiddish writer was more beloved than Tevye’s creator, Sholem Rabinovich (1859–1916), the “Jewish Mark Twain,” who wrote under the pen name of Sholem Aleichem. Beautifully translated by Hillel Halkin, here is Sholem Aleichem’s heartwarming and poignant account of Tevye and his daughters, together with the “Railroad Stories,” twenty-one tales that examine human nature and modernity as they are perceived by men and women riding the trains from shtetl to shtetl.
A Complicated Jew
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Elegant and learned, personal and universal, literary, philosophical, and historical-Hillel Halkin's finely wrought essays on themes of Jewish culture and life are an education in themselves.