Lament for a Father
The Journey to Understanding and Forgiveness

I grew up reading World magazine, which Marvin Olasky contributes to and edits, and I appreciate his investigative journalism and opinion pieces. Because I remember him writing some about his frustrations and strained relationship with his late father, I knew that I wanted to read this book, in whic......more

I really enjoyed this one. Olasky, a journalist and editor by trade, takes up the task of writing a history of his father (who has passed) with the aim of better understanding some of his challenges & weaknesses. A really quick read, but I left with a mix of sadness, empathy, and hope. From the last......more

A very moving instance of the timeless story of a son searching for his father. Also, though the stories of present and historic anti-Semitism are (unfortunately) numerous and oft-published today, nevertheless every time I hear or read of the same or new horrors such as the ones I read in this book,......more

Some people cannot grasp why people behave the way they do. Olasky, trying to honor his parents rather than joining the victim narrative our culture has adopted, researches his father’s life. Without spoiling the book, he finds out things that make sense of his father’s behavior and helps him to hon......more

Many years after his father Eli’s death, journalist and writer Marvin Olasky began to research his life. He sought to better understand the silent man who never laughed and never played with him. The author tells his tale well, and enables us to enter both Eli’s and Marvin’s worlds. We see Eli at Har......more