The Half-Jewish Book: A Celebration, by Daniel Klein and Freke Vuijst (Villard, $22.95).
Best of Chicago voting is live now. Vote for your favorites »
Representative quote: “It doesn’t matter if the Jewish parent is observant or not….It also doesn’t matter in which–if any–religion the person was brought up or what religion he has chosen to follow. In other words, a person is half-Jewish if half of his genetic/cultural makeup is Jewish and half is not. That’s it.”
Your Fate Is in Your Hands: Using the Principles of Palmistry to Change Your Life, by Donna McCue with Stacey Donovan (Pocket Books, $13.95).
Synopsis: Every day the Lord God Almighty shares his thoughts with British executive coach Ivan Sokolov, who writes them down. The God of today is a lot more free and easy than the uptight God of old, who tended to judge. Abortion is fine with new God. Birth control and infidelity are too (you might as well cheat, since marriage seldom works, long term). God wants school to be fun.
