Reading
At a certain point, I thought it would be worthwhile to keep track of the books I read.
Fall 2021
- Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva
- Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History by Steven Zipperstein
Summer 2021
- The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva
Winter/Spring 2020
- The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
- Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox
- The Making of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman
- As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg
Fall 2019
- Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
- The Great Partnership by Jonathan Sacks
- This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared by Alan Lew
Summer 2019
- Oishinbo: à la Carte, Vol. 7: Pub Food by Tetsu Kariya
- Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out by Harry Kemelman
- Conversations with Rabbi Small by Harry Kemelman
- Someday the Rabbi Will Leave by Harry Kemelman
- The Day the Rabbi Resigned by Harry Kemelman
- That Day the Rabbi Left Town by Harry Kemelman
- Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
- School For Husbands / Sganarelle by Moliere (Richard Wilbur translation)
- The Misanthrope by Moliere (Richard Wilbur translation)
May 2019
- Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet by Harry Kemelman
- Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red by Harry Kemelman
- Oishinbo: à la Carte, Vol. 5: Vegetables by Tetsu Kariya
April 2019
- Monday the Rabbi Took Off by Harry Kemelman
- Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman
- Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman
March 2019
- One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross by Harry Kemelman
January 2019
- Oishinbo: à la Carte, Vol. 3: Ramen and Gyoza by Tetsu Kariya
- A Mary Wilkins Freeman Reader edited by Mary Reichardt
December 2018
- Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide by Cass Sunstein
- The Agenda by Bob Woodward
October 2018
- Save The Deli by David Sax
- Discovering Second Temple Literature by Malka Simkovich
September 2018
- Quiet by Susan Cain
- After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring by Rabbi Joseph Polak
- World Without Mind by Franklin Foer
- The Nimrod Flipout by Etgar Keret
- Dilbert 2.0 by Scott Adams
February-August 2018
- The Mishnah: An Introduction by Jacob Neusner
- Technically Wrong by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
- Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
- From Broken Glass by Steve Ross
- Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi
- Unwanted Advances by Laura Kipnis
January 2018
- The Obesity Code by Jason Fung
- The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
- Barking Up The Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
- This Is Our Constitution by Khizr Khan
December 2017
- Emotional Design by Don Norman
November 2017
- True Compass by Ted Kennedy
- We Were Eight Years In Power (started) by Ta-Nehisi Coates
October 2017
- Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek
- Steak by Mark Schatzker
September 2017
- Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile
- Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
- The Big Kahn by Neil Kleid and Nicolas Cinquegrani
August 2017
- Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
July 2017
- The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret
June 2017
- American Judaism by Jonathan Sarna
May 2017
- Jacob Neusner: An American Jewish Iconoclast by Aaron Hughes
- The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth
- Grocery by Michael Ruhlman
April 2017
- The Soul of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman (for perhaps the fifth time)
- Democracy in America (started) by Alexis de Tocqueville
March 2017
- Discussing Design by Adam Connor & Aaron Irizarry
February 2017
- Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier
- The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria by Malka Simkovich
January 2017
- Truman by David McCullough
November 2016
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Graphic Design: A New History by Stephen Eskilson
October 2016
- A Nation Reborn by Richard Crossman
- Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
- Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet
September 2016
- Not in God’s Name by Jonathan Sacks
May 2016
- Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story by Matti Friedman
- Lies, Incorporated by Ari Rabin-Havt
April 2016
- Overcomplicated by Sam Arbesman
December 2015
- Doomed to Succeed by Dennis Ross
November 2015
- Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul by Daniel Gordis
September 2015
- The Prophets (unfinished) by AJ Heschel
- Zionism and the Fin de Siecle (selected essays) by Michael Stansilawski
- Rome & Jerusalem (unfinished) by Martin Goodman
Summer 2015
- Ben Gurion by Michael Bar-Zohar
- Jabotinsky: A Life by Hillel Halkin
- Ally by Michael Oren
Spring 2015
- The Revolt by Menachem Begin
- Arik by David Landau
- The Accidental Empire by Gershom Gorenberg
- The Accidental Creative (unfinished) by Todd Henry
Winter 2014-2015
- Urban Exodus by Gerald Gamm
- The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner
- The Source by James Michener
- The Misunderstood Jew by Amy-Jill Levine