The Novel That Introduced Soviet Jews to Their Forgotten History
Aleksandra Brushtein's books, set in Czarist Russia, gained cult status among Soviet Jews
Books
10 Authors Who Capture What It’s Like to Grow Up in an Interfaith Family
Celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas growing up was my norm, but discussing my family interfaith traditions sometimes made me feel isolated
Ignored by Liberal Elites, Exploited by Extreme Right: The Left-wing Case for Nationalism
In an age of populism and virulent nationalism, Prof. Yael (Yuli) Tamir’s new book 'Why Nationalism' deftly explores issues that the liberal elites have ignored and the extreme right has exploited for its own ends
Being a Mizrahi Woman in Israel: This Yemeni Author Explains Identity Politics to English Readers
Ayelet Tsabari’s memoir, ‘The Art of Leaving,’ offers a rare narrative about a globe-trotting woman who flees home. Now that she has reconciled with her Yemenite roots and (partially) with Israel, she explains what drove her away
U.S. Publishers Withdraw 'Islamophobic' Book About Imagined Iranian Attack on Israel
'The Siege of Tel Aviv' envisions five Muslim armies attacking Israel - and the Nazi-style genocide attempt that follows
In Our Age, Robinson Crusoe May Have Been a Reality TV Star: Adventurer Turns 300
The father of individualism, a representative of capitalism or proof of the advantages of returning to nature? You make the call
Before the Mossad, Israel Had the 'Arab Section'
'Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel' by Matti Friedman reveals the little-known history of pre-state Israel’s first spies – Jews who immigrated from Arab countries but were strangers in both worlds
A New Book Sheds Light on Overlooked American Jewish Women Throughout History
'America’s Jewish Women: A History From Colonial Times to Today' shows us that today's American Jewish women and their foremothers aren't so different
The ‘Arabic Booker Prize’ Could Make History This Year
This could be the first time a woman is named the sole winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Sporting Champion, Feminist Icon, Nazi Spy? The Extraordinary Life of Violette Morris
She broke numerous athletics records, chose to have a mastectomy to help her fit into a motor car better and had love affairs with the likes of Josephine Baker. Now a new book wants to set the record straight on the woman accused of betraying the French Resistance
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Of Yom Kippur and Baseball
Amichai Chasson’s poem ‘America’ captures three moments in front of a TV screen, spanning 44 years of U.S.-Israeli relations on both a national and personal level
Josef K. in Jerusalem’s Old City
Benjamin Balint on his book ‘Kafka’s Last Trial,’ and why no streets in Israel are named after the Jewish writer
Book Review The Kafkaesque Court Battle Over Kafka's Literary Remains
In a new book, Benjamin Balint unravels the circumstances that led to the bitter fight over Max Brod's estate and the way it played out in courtrooms in Israel and abroad
The Son Kafka Never Knew He Had
Until shortly before his death, Max Brod debated whether or not to publish the story about the illegitimate child Kafka may have had — and shared those deliberations with my mother, a poet, in an apartment in Tel Aviv
Trying to Woo Israelis Away From Netflix, Book Sellers Use Steep Discounts
Slumping sales and the end of the controversial Book Law have led to a sudden price war between two top retailers during Hebrew Book Week
Etgar Keret's New Book: As Witty as a Good Holocaust Joke
In the writer’s latest book, now available in Hebrew, the world remains the same gloomy and absurd place – and the laughter is even less present than before
Book Review Between the Trauma of the Holocaust and the Trauma of Nakba
Elias Khoury’s 'Children of the Ghetto' adds a new layer to the Israeli-Palestinian story
This American Jew Was Baited by White Supremacists. He Sees Israel as Part of the Problem
In his book ‘(((Semitism))),’ Jonathan Weisman tackles cyberhate against Jews in the age of Trump and comes up with a peculiar solution
The Israeli Army Papers That Show What Ariel Sharon Hid From the Cabinet in the First Lebanon War
Shimon Golan’s book on the military and political decisions in 1982 offers no major revelations but sheds light on the war’s goals and the leaders who stood behind them
Conscientious Objector Puts Himself in an Israeli Soldier’s Boots in New Book
Debut novel by anti-occupation activist Moriel Rothman-Zecher reflects life in a 'broken place' and charts the fragile relationship between an IDF soldier and Palestinian twins