Category Archives: Book Reviews

I’m A Sensual Semite

Menahem Wecker reviews a new book called Jews & Sex: Abrams opens his own study of the ways people have responded to Jewish involvement in pornography by critiquing Luke Ford, “a self-styled adult industry gossip-monger.” Abrams argues that Ford, who … Continue reading

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‘Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law’ by Gershon Winkler

Nobody has ever translated Rabbi Jacob Emden‘s memoir into English because it is so raunchy. It’s time somebody breaks this boundary. A reader posts to Amazon.com: This mischevious little book gathers excerpts from all over the Jewish legal codes on … Continue reading

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‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’

The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading

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Investigating Sex Research

The New York Times reports: BONK The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex By Mary Roach Illustrated. 319 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $24.95. Related ‘Bonk,’ by Mary Roach: Sexual Advances (March 30, 2008) Janet Maslin writes: Readers of Mary … Continue reading

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‘Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times’

I love this new book by Dennis McDougal and not just because I get a mention in the thank-you section. Publishers Weekly says: Taking on not just a legendary subject, but a legendarily private subject-refusing biographers and TV personalities, Nicholson … Continue reading

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