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www.jewishexponent.com 24
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Jewish Books
Bonanza in February
JEWISH EXPONENT
MAYBE IT’S THE FACT
that the wave of dull insider
accounts of the Trump regime
seems to have fi nally crested.

Maybe everyone had a lot of
time for high-yield contem-
plation during 2020. Maybe
the entire publishing industry
wanted to create some diffi cult
choices for me, personally.

Whatever the reason may
be, February has proven to be
a particularly exciting month
for new releases in Jewish
book publishing. As the Jewish
Exponent, a print publication
with fi nite column inches,
has room for just two book
reviews per month, here are
a few books that would have
merited a full review if not for
such restrictions.

Courtesy of Other Press
DIANE HARK
Paper Hanging
Painting Deck Sealing
Estate Clean Outs
Carpet Cleaning
“Th e Sun and Her Stars:
Salka Viertel and Hitler’s
Exiles in the Golden Age of
Hollywood” Donna Rifk ind
Salka Viertel was a glowing
node of connection during the
Golden Age of Hollywood, a
screenwriter and actor who
could call on Greta Garbo,
Aldous Huxley and Charlie
Chaplin, among many others.

Born in 1889 in Sambor,
a small Mitteleuropean city
wrested back and forth between
long-gone kingdoms, Virtel was
an actor and screenwriter who
fl ed anti-Semitic persecution
for the welcoming shores of the
American West Coast. Viertel’s
great talent was for shmoozing;
her keen intuition for salon
introductions and profes-
sional shidduchs made her
well-known to the well-known.

Rifk ind’s biography is the
fi rst book-length treatment of
Viertel, who is as charming on
the page as you might imagine.

Courtesy of Scribner
LEARN WATERCOLOR PAINTING
FROM AWARD WINNING ARTIST
Power Washing
Window Washing
Chandelier Cleaning
Hardwood Wax
Gutter Cleaning
Courtesy of Knopf
ART CLASSES
“Milk Fed”
Melissa Broder
“Milk Fed” is just 304 pages,
with a small cast of characters.

And yet, to try and succinctly
describe what goes on here
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