Just Five More Minutes

Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman David Small is hardly the kind of Rabbi the members of the Jewish community in Barnard’s crossing had hoped for. Quiet instead of dynamic, scholarly instead of worldly, and disheveled instead of well-groomed. Not...

It’s Your Move

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon It is not a good day in Sitka, Alaska especially for detective Meyer Landsman. His personal life is a shambles; he can’t seem to catch a break on any of his open cases; in two months the district of Sitka...

Kings of the Road

Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael ChabonFrankish Zelikman is tall, dour, obsessed with excellent hats, and as thin as the needle-sharp blade he carries. Gray-haired Amram comes from Abyssinia and is broad, strong, with a wit as sharp as the edge of...