In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
Elizabeth Pryor unpacks ‘the n-word’ as a professor, a Black-Jewish woman, and the kid of the man who transformed the word forever
Culture
-
The visionary Jewish poet who survived the Holocaust but not its aftermath
Anna Arno's intelligent and intricate biography tells the tragic story of Paul Celan
-
-
In David Baerwald’s epic tale of espionage and wartime horrors, family history is stranger than fiction
Veteran musician and first-time novelist Baerwald tells his grandfather Ernst's incredible story in 'The Fire Agent'
The Latest
-
Retracing the epic journey of the world’s oldest Jew
The book “I, Wandering Jew” takes stock of a myth that will not die
-
For the Jews of Venice, an uneasy history of scapegoating and grudging tolerance
In 'The First Ghetto," historian Alexander Lee tries to move beyond the Shylock stereotype, but perhaps not far enough beyond
-
Reading a Pakistani author’s 30-year-old novel helped me understand my parents’ views on intermarriage
In Bapsi Sidhwa's 'An American Brat,' the distance between New York Jews and Lahore's Parsi community is smaller than you'd think
-
This graphic novel illustrates the story of America’s first Jewish congregation — pirates and all
‘Remnants’ tells the story of the 23 Jews who fled Brazil and established Shearith Israel in New York
-
A New Jersey congregation was already falling apart. Then came Oct 7.
In the novel ‘Partly Strong, Partly Broken,’ a rabbi tries to keep her congregants together in the weeks leading up to October 7
-
New book details the long and winding road trod by the Beatles and Bob Dylan
'Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other – and the World' examines the overlap between genre-defining musicians
-
How Saul Rubinek’s best lie helped him get to the truth about his family’s Holocaust history
In “All In The Telling,” Rubinek’s partly-fictionalized memoir, he convinces his parents he’s writing a Holocaust story to solve a family fight.
-
A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
- 2
Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
- 3
Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
- 4
Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward ‘This is sort of their normal’: Israelis confront yet another wartime flare after Iranian fire
-
Fast Forward Celebrated German Jewish bakery closes, saying ‘the hatred reached Berlin’ after Oct. 7
-
Fast Forward Dave Matthews pushes back on claims his criticism of Israel is antisemitic
-
Sports Memes, mashiach and ‘Torah-cyclopedias’ put a Jewish twist on the Knicks’ title chase