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June 18, 2021

“The Netanyahus” Points to the Exhaustion of American Jewish Literature

Is Israel the only source of interesting material for a Jewish novelist?

At the center of Joshua Cohen’s new novel is an encounter between Benzion Netanyahu—the Jewish historian, personal secretary to Vladimir Jabotinsky, and father of the former prime minister—and a fictional American Jewish college professor named Ruben Blum. Ben Judah writes in his review:

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June 18, 2021

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    Is Israel the only source of interesting material for a Jewish novelist?