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It’s Always Those People

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

August 1, 2023 by reginadelmar Leave a Comment

“The Netanyahus,” is a fictionalized version of a real-life visit to an American campus by the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The subtitle: “An account of a minor and ultimately even negligible episode in the history of a very famous family” is a succinct but entirely inadequate description.   The book is also about being part of the Jewish diaspora in America in the 50s and being Jewish anywhere throughout history. It’s also about Israel. The book is so readable primarily because it […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, humor, Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize winner

reginadelmar's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Fiction, humor, Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize winner ·
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The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

May 13, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Yes, those Netanyahus. The narrator of this book is a kind of version of Harold Bloom, even though we’re told not to think that, but I do anyway. Professor Blum is an Americanist history professor in a western New York college. He’s approached by department chair asking him to be on a hiring committee for a new position for a medievalist. He gets the (accurate) impression that he’s only being asked because the clearly preferred candidate is a highly-recommended Medieval Judaism scholar named Benzion Netanyahu […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Joshua Cohen

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:218 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Joshua Cohen ·
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