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Ethical Culture Review of Books

Welcome to the Ethical Culture Review of Books, reviews written by members and friends of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County and, we hope soon, by members and friends of Ethical Culture societies nationwide. We invite your comments on any review.

We also invite original reviews, not yet published, of current books for consideration. For details and a copy of the author guidelines, please send an email to [email protected]

Editorial Board: Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County members Marc Bernstein, who is also former archivist for the American Ethical Union; Joseph Chuman, leader of the Society, and Theresa Forsman.

Sharon Stone Survived to Tell Us About It

June 17, 2021

If you, like our reviewer Theresa Forsman, generally do not read celebrity memoirs, you may want to make an exception for Sharon Stone’s new book.Read More

Book Review: ‘The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West’

April 7, 2021

This book on the Indian Wars, published a few years ago, stayed with member David Bland and changed his way of thinking about global events in the 21st century. So he is sharing a review.Read More

Goodwill and good luck propelled philanthropist and cultural statesman behind a cosmetics empire

February 18, 2021

Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Leonard Lauder’s memoir, The Company I Keep (HarperCollins, 2020), celebrates family and a storied, multi-billion-dollar family business. Now in his late ’80’s, the author still exudes an almost youthful […]

Revelations on a Revolution

October 28, 2020

For those who ask what was accomplished in the Sixties and whether the gains from that time have eroded, who wonder if our nation today, with Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and climate strikes, is built on the lessons of the Sixties, a new book, “Our Sixties, An Activist’s History,” by Paul Lauter, offers answers.Read More

Book Review of ‘A-Theism: Believe It or Not’

March 10, 2020

In the year before his death in 2017, retired literature professor Richard Lettis compiled many of his thoughts on atheism, as well as the convictions of philosophers, poets, and scientists, living and dead, on the topic. The result is “A-Theism: Believe It or Not.”Read More

Memoir bridges the ordinary and extraordinary in medicine and life

November 8, 2019

In this memoir, lucky survivor Gabriel Brownstein takes the reader into doctors’ offices and emergency rooms but also into his life, including his happy marriage, his work, and his hobbies. The journey, says reviewer Doris Friedensohn, is riveting.Read More

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