Today, the DC public schools have a parent conference day, so there is no school, and we have the grandchildren. This means that I have less free time than usual to write a post.

So what could be interesting and quick? Let’s try this….

Of my 700+ Penguin paperbacks, only a small number are of primarily Jewish interest. I have read these six. Each is of interest.

The Allegro book is a classic, Parkes was a philo-Jewish English writer, and the Epstein book is a really good one volume synopsis of Jewish history.

Now, to grandchildren…….

Three year old Izzy is interested in baseball. Here is what he brought out.