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Husband of terror victim pens memoir of quest to meet bomber

David Harris-Gershon’s wife was severely injured in the 2002 bombing at Hebrew University. His memoir tells the story of his own struggle as a “secondary victim.”

Black White & Jewish

was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1969. Her mother, famed black author Alice Walker and her father, Jewish lawyer Mel Leventhal, met at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. In her memoir Black, White and Jewish Walker poignantly describes a childhood split between two worlds, particularly after her parents’ divorce: between her mother’s home in San Francisco where she […]

Health, Death, and Our Kids

“What’s the difference between a doctor and God?” a cabdriver asks author A.J. Jacobs, while driving to see Jacobs’ grandfather in the hospital. When Jacobs doesn’t know, the cabdriver supplies the punchline: “God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.” Jacobs’ new memoir Drop Dead Healthy is about his quest to perfect his body–or, at least, to lose some of his middle-aged excess gut. The book […]

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Husband of terror victim pens memoir of quest to meet bomber

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Health, Death, and Our Kids

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