By Scott Christianson
Clemens Kalischer survived the Holocaust to become one of our greatest photographers. At the age of 92, he is finally putting down his camera.
Read More
By Philologos
President Obama called the Boston Marathon bombing a ‘cowardly act.’ Why don’t we ever stop to think what an absurd adjective this is to describe most terror attacks?
Read More
By Julia M. Klein
A new book chronicles the author’s experiences in Auschwitz. It reads with refreshing immediacy, describing how a spirited young girl negotiated increasingly desperate times.
Read More
By Anthony Weiss
Robert Alter has now translated more than 60% of the Hebrew bible in 20 years. He’s up to the part about the schisms and assassinations following the death of Solomon.
Read More
By Pamela Cytrynbaum
When you cannot conceive, the last thing you want to hear is: So, are you pregnant yet? Jennifer Gilmore has written the response, in the form of a novel.
Read More
By Shoshana Olidort
Stuart Nadler tells a story about a love story between a Jewish boy and a black girl in 1950s suburbia. The debut novel also explores a fraught father-son relationship.
Read More
By Benjamin Ivry
The luxurious spas of Eastern and Central Europe were once choice hangouts for everyone from Karl Marx to Franz Kafka. A new book by Mirjam Zadoff looks back fondly at that lost era.
Read More
By Jerome Chanes
Without big changes, the future of Israel is under threat, a new book asserts. Not from Palestinians or Iran, but from the ultra-Orthodox who seek to extend control over the state and society.
Read More
By Philologos
A mysterious TV figure named Adam Kadmon has been making big waves in Italy. He even claims a curious history with Jewish mysticism.
Read More
By Joshua Furst
The rap on Susan Steinberg is that her work is too much trouble to pay attention to. That’s unfair. She is one of the best fiction writers in America today, argues Joshua Furst.
Read More
When Hank Greenberg Met Jackie Robinson
Reconsider Decision on Rabbis and Intermarriage
Ultra-Orthodox Men Ditch All-Black Attire as Fashion Trumps Tradition
Is Steven Hawking’s Decision To Boycott an Israeli Conference Boon to BDS?
Claims Conference Blames Dead Official for Fraud Snafu
You've successfully signed up!