Eyes Behind Belligerence, by K.P. Kollenborn is a rich and fascinating fictional account of the experience of Japanese Americans in the internment camps during World War Two. Kollenborn follows two main characters and their families throughout the war and its aftermath. At the start of the war, Jim Yoshimura and Russell Hamaguchi (AKA Goro) are […]
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My new book, Sempronia the Sister of the Gracchi is Now Available on Amazon
October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
My second book, Sempronia, the Sister of the Gracchi, has just been published by Create Space. This is a short work which tells the story of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Roman reformers of the second century B.C., through the eyes of their sister Sempronia. Sempronia is described by ancient historians as “unlovely, unloving, and unloved.” […]
Colossus: Stone and Steel by David Blixt
October 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Yis’gadal, v’yit’kadash sh’mei raba. . . . May his great name grow exalted and sanctified. . . The Jewish mourner’s Kaddish, spoken in every Jewish prayer service. Unlike other prayers which are in Hebrew, the mourner’s Kaddish is in Aramaic, the language spoken in Judea at the time of the Roman conquest. I always assumed […]
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