false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg 466091 1 <I>The Half-Jewish Book</I> is Daniel Klein and Freke Vuijst's amalgamation of humorous essays, interviews, illustrations, holiday menus, and song lyrics--all gathered in service of the idea that a half-Jew is Jew enough. This, even though "[half-Jews] are lamented as the first generational step toward the extinction of all Jews in America" and denied various sorts of recognition as Jews by various factions within Judaism. "[A]s if all that were not enough, they can never figure out how to decorate their living rooms come mid-December." Klein and Vuijst make no effort to discipline the argument of their book. Instead, they present an exuberant, entertaining, rambling paean to half-Judaism's beautiful (Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Newman) and brilliant (J.D. Salinger, Marcel Proust); they rattle off the half-Jew's distinctive traits (as regard sports, intellect, and drinking, for instance); and they consider the wide range of other-halves that a half-Jew may contain (Lenny Kravitz is described as a "Jewlatto"). <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 454480 19 9 2000 The Half-Jewish Book: A Celebration total:7|3:3|2:3|1:1| 7 16 7 0 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 3 0 false Sat Jun 20 13:44:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 15:06:06 -0700 2009 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 2 0 false Thu Feb 19 18:44:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 20:26:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:44:55 -0800 2009 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 3 0 false Sun Jul 27 06:45:35 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 06:45:35 -0700 2008 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 13:32:23 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 13:32:36 -0700 2008 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 2 0 false Fri Jul 13 09:01:31 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 09:01:31 -0700 2007 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 3 0 false Thu Jun 14 19:01:04 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 19:01:04 -0700 2007 466091 0375503854 9780375503856 7 0 2.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175001916m/466091.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466091.The_Half_Jewish_Book_A_Celebration 1 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 10 11:02:03 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 10 11:02:35 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=466091