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How a bestselling book became an unlikely lightning rod in literary fights over the Israel-Hamas war
The Korean-Jewish author Gabrielle Zevin has been targeted, and defended, for “Zionism” even though she’s never spoken publicly about Israel
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She was a nice Jewish mother — and an organized-crime boss
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Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint
The district in the Rio Grande Valley immediately agreed with activists who said the books were “filthy and evil"
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We’re in a psychological war with ‘the greatest propaganda machine in history’ — will we survive it?
In 'Stories Are Weapons,' Annalee Newitz identifies our mortal enemy, who looks awfully familiar
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She longed to be a lover and an outlaw; she became a writer instead
Francine Prose's memoir '1974' is a portrait of a relatively brief encounter and an entire generation
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This Auschwitz book trend has got to stop — the sooner the better
It is time to rise up and say: No more book titles including the words 'of Auschwitz'
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Why Hebrew is showing up in unexpected places — and why that matters
Three new books written in English — by Yael Van Der Wouden, Jessica Jacobs and Toby Lloyd — feature Hebrew in them
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On the road again — except a lot more Jewish than Jack Kerouac, or T.S. Eliot for that matter
Reuven Fenton's debut novel 'Goyhood' interrogates Jewish identity with a jaunty sense of adventure
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Whose art is it anyway? Inside the cultural battle between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters
Since the war broke out, debate has raged over the political meaning of art
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‘Is your fav author a zionist???’ A viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world.
'We’ve been hearing about lists like this one for months now. Seeing this one publicly, and the explanations, is truly chilling,' the CEO of the Jewish Book Council said
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