I’ve been writing short reviews for the Historical Novel Society Magazine for several years now, but it was exciting to see my first full-length book review published in San Diego Jewish World. It’s about a recently released novel, THE SHALOM INDIA HOUSING SOCIETY, by Esther David, which has as one of its main characters a very amusing prophet Elijah.
Next up, a review for Jewish Book World of DRAWING IN THE DUST, by Zoe Klein, a rabbi in Los Angeles. Her novel, like Michener’s THE SOURCE,
juxtaposes a plot involving a present-day archeological dig with another story about the subject of the dig, the prophet Jeremiah. This will be my first review for Jewish Book World, the most important source for information about books of Jewish interest. They’ve asked me to be a contributor and I’m honored to be part of what is sometimes described as the Publishers Weekly for Judaica.