BOOKS
A Hole in the Heart of The World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe
(Viking, 1997)
Reviewer Francine Prose wrote in Newsday: “Carefully researched… profoundly chilling. Family histories so eventful they keep us reading with unflagging interest."
(Viking, 1997)
Reviewer Francine Prose wrote in Newsday: “Carefully researched… profoundly chilling. Family histories so eventful they keep us reading with unflagging interest."
- Finalist, National Jewish Book Award.
- Featured on national and local television and radio shows.
- Spoke at colleges around the country.
Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America
(Scribner’s, 1988; Reissued with a New Introduction, 1995)
Christopher Lehman-Haupt in The New York Times praised Broken Alliance as “Perceptive and even-handed… extraordinary perspective... One is grateful for Mr. Kaufman’s graceful analysis.”
Juan Williams in The Washington Post wrote: “A first-rate job of recounting telling episodes that reveal the emotional dimensions of the great divide now separating blacks and Jews.”
(Scribner’s, 1988; Reissued with a New Introduction, 1995)
Christopher Lehman-Haupt in The New York Times praised Broken Alliance as “Perceptive and even-handed… extraordinary perspective... One is grateful for Mr. Kaufman’s graceful analysis.”
Juan Williams in The Washington Post wrote: “A first-rate job of recounting telling episodes that reveal the emotional dimensions of the great divide now separating blacks and Jews.”
- Winner, National Jewish Book Award and the Present Tense Award for Best Book on Contemporary Affairs
- Featured on national and local television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show.
