Lis Harris, Author . Houghton Mifflin $25 (256p) ISBN 978-0-395-98417-8
In this insightful though slim volume, Harris (Holy Days) documents the rise and fall of a major New York City recycling plant. After suffering a defeat in Washington in 1992, environmental lobbyist Allen Hershkowitz began to think that working to...
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Lis Harris, Author Summit Books $18.45 (266p) ISBN 978-0-671-46296-3
Hasidism, the Jewish revivalist movement begun in 18th century Poland, encourages prayer, mysticism, singing and sanctification of daily life. The Lubavitchers, the largest of some 40 Hasidic sects, today live mostly in Brooklyn's Crown Heights....
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Lis Harris, Author Simon & Schuster $22.5 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-80826-0
Harris (Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family), a staff writer at the New Yorker, presents four couples as representing varieties of American marriage in the late 20th century, though four couples can hardly stand for all marriages. Over several...
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