REVIEWS

A review of Gerry McDonnell’s Lost and Found

Atlanta Jewish Connector, January 4, 2024

In addition to his other writings, Dublin author Gerry Mc Donnell (McDonnell) has produced a unique series of poems, plays, novellas, and essays concerning Irish Jewry. His Lost and Found (Lapwing Publications, 2003), a narrative poem published two decades ago and centering on Mono, a homeless Jewish man living in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, is part of that lifework.

Review of In the Shadow of Moses

Atlanta Jewish Connector, June 16, 2023

Though geared toward students and specialists on Africa, this volume is also of interest to anyone seeking material on Jewish identity among Black Africans.

Besieged by Hate: Tuvia Tenenbom’s Catch the Jew!

Atlanta Jewish Connector, September 19, 2022

Tenenbom goes to Israeli cities and towns, Palestinian cities and refugee camps, remote Bedouin encampments, and isolated Jewish settlements, encountering an array of characters along the way, from Israeli Members of Knesset and Palestinian Authority officials to prostitutes and stray cats. Though always informing those he interviews that he is an author and journalist, Tenenbom assumes different accents and adopts various personas depending on his audience, presenting himself at times as Tuvia, Tobi, or Tobias, and as a Jew, German, or Austrian. Perhaps the most eye-opening and troubling sections of Catch the Jew! deal with the over one hundred European and European-funded Israeli and Palestinian NGOs operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories and dedicated to the conflict.

Review — Life is a Funny Business: A Very Personal Story

Atlanta Jewish Connector, August 29, 2022

Alan Shatter offers insight into Irish society from the 1950s through the 1970s and recounts how being Jewish influenced him personally and politically.

A Review of Simon Lewis’s Jewtown

JewishBoston, April 28, 2022

A collection of poems chronicles the rise and decline of Cork’s Jewish community