Yoel Finkelman

For a large part of the past school year, my daughter and her classmates went to school under police protection. The border patrolmen’s assault rifles juxtaposed with pigtailed girls and their Dora the Explorer backpacks no longer seem as jarring as they did last September. No, the police were . . . . Continue Reading »

The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago Fights Hezbollah by Joel Chasnoff Free Press, 288 pages, $25 In The 188th Crybaby Brigade , Joel Chasnoff recalls the year in the mid-1990s he spent in the Israeli army, serving in the armored corps. In between tales of his mother’s . . . . Continue Reading »

There’s a buzz in the air in the Orthodox Jewish community, and it’s about the publication of a new prayer book. The Jewish blogosphere is bubbling with enthusiasm, and I overheard the proprietor of a well-known bookstore bragging that he had already sold hundreds of copies. More than one . . . . Continue Reading »