How a master of understatement conjured up the horrors of the Shoah
Aharon Appelfeld's 'Poland, A Green Land' is a sort of fable set a generation after the fall of the Third Reich
Two gawky teenagers shared a slow dance at a bar mitzvah in the 1990s. 30 years later, it took every Jew I knew to find them
Aharon Appelfeld's 'Poland, A Green Land' is a sort of fable set a generation after the fall of the Third Reich
Plus doppelgänger stories, new Jewish romance and a reboot of a Yiddish classic in this month's books newsletter
In 'My Hijacking,' Martha Hodes tries to reconstruct 'the most spectacular episode of air piracy the world had yet seen'
Against all odds, Hannah Pick-Goslar and Anne Frank were reunited briefly at Bergen-Belsen, the camp where Anne died
Gottlieb, 92, editor of Toni Morrison, Robert Caro and more, was an American literary giant
Parents have challenged ‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’ in multiple states, with some success
In Weimar Germany, the gay Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld performed the first gender-affirming surgeries and collected research on sexuality. The 1933 book burnings destroyed his life's work
in 'The Last Songbird,' Daniel Weizmann puts a new Jewish spin on an LA noir
The 100-page book was more than a bestseller; it became a manifesto for existence
Enamored of Roth, Mailer and Singer, the English writer viewed Saul Bellow as a sort of father figure
די פּרעפֿערענץ איז פֿאַר איניציאַטיוון וואָס מוטיקן קינדער און יוגנטלעכע צו רעדן ייִדיש
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